Bootcamp and New REO Deal

October 27, 2009 by 5 Comments

We just spent the last 5 days at a Raising Private Money bootcamp in Denver and we had a great time. The event was put on by my friends at Fortune Builders. We learned alot of info, met some great people and made quite a few new business contacts.

Now it’s back to work……

We closed on our first ever REO/MLS purchase last week. Working with the bank and closing the deal went very smooth. This property does need work, we are going to be installing new siding, new windows, adding a new kitchen and redoing both bathrooms. The major problem with this property is the way the second floor bathroom is layed out. They built the tub into the sloping roof line of the house, so if you are over 5 foot 6 there isn’t enough head room to take a shower. To fix this we are going to be gutting the bathroom and rearranging the layout to make it more functional.

Here are some pictures of the house;

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Front View

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Rear View

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Kitchen

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Kitchen

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First Floor Bath

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Living Room

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Living Room 2

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Dining Room

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Second Floor Bathroom

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Second Floor Tub built into Roof Line

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Bedroom 1

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Bedroom 2

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Bedroom 3

 This house has 4 Bedrooms 2 Full Baths and 1,500 square feet.  It has a really nice floor plan and is gonna look great once we’re done with the renovation.

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Reader Questions; Private Lending

August 5, 2009 by 1 Comment

Heres a little Q&A from some of our readers…..

Hi, I’m a wholesaler from Louisiana and I visit your blog, I was wondering how do you finance your rehabs?  

We finance all our projects using mainly private lenders. We will use our own money from time to time but that is not our preferred route. With our private lenders we give them first mortgage postion and no greater than a 70% LTV. They lend us purchase and rehab money. Terms and interest rates vary. Alot of our private lenders are using funds set up in a self directed IRA. With a self directed IRA an individual can invest in not only stocks and bonds, but also Real Estate, notes, tax liens and mortgages. This gives you much more control, greater diversity, and better returns than just sticking your money into some mutual fund!

So, what is a Private Loan? It is a loan made to a real estate investor that is secured by real estate. Private Loan Investors are given a mortgage that secures their legal interest in the property and secures their investment. We are not talking about high Loan-To-Value (LTV) ratios the banks and savings and loan institutions make on homes. We offer very low LTV ratios to our Private Lenders to increase security of the loan. Our standard LTV ratios are under 75% of the value of the property securing the loan and frequently as low as 65% to 70%. This means additional security on the investment.

 

Working with private lenders has allowed us to take our business to the next level and do the volume of projects we are doing today. Dominic is an expert on the ins and outs of Private Lending… so if you have any further questions about self directed IRA’s,  or private lending, shoot us an email at info@hampdenhomebuyers.com.

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