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Small Balance Commercial Loans Now Available from REI Capital Resources and Current Offerings

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As a direct lender and financial intermediary, we have the opportunity to place the most competitive financing options in the market.  We look forward to winning your business and creating a long-term relationship.  In addition to our core offerings of Ground-Up New Construction ($200K to $45M – Loan Amount), Fix/Flip Projects, Long-term Rental Property Acquisitions and Refinances, Airbnb or vacation rental acquisition and refinancing, and Commercial Property Lending including Apartments, we now have the ability to place loans with multiple small-balance commercial lenders.  The small-balance commercial loan amount falls between $100,000 to $10.M.

Types of properties that can be funded: 

  • Multifamily 
  • Commercial Condo 
  • Multi-Use – Primarily Residential 
  • Multi-Use – Primarily Commercial 
  • Office 
  • Retail/Wholesale/Strip Center 
  • Warehouse 
  • Light Industrial 
  • Self Storage 
  • Mobile Home Park 
  • Automotive 
  • Day Care – Free Standing/non-residential 
  • Restaurant/Bar 

Loan Programs Available: 

  • No Doc (min FICO 700)  –  $100,000 to $2.5M 
  • Full Doc (Min FICO 600) –  $500,000 to $10.0M 
  • Lite doc (Min FICO 650)  –  $100,000 to $2.5M 
  • Bank Statement (Min FICO 650) – $100,000 to $2.5M 

Loan Terms: 

  • Amortization – 15, 25, 30 yr 
  • Term – 5, 7, 10yr 
  • Rates – from 5.5% 

Here are more details of our core lending products of Ground-Up New Construction ($200K to $45M – Loan Amount), Fix/Flip Projects, Long-term Rental Property Acquisitions and Refinances, Airbnb or vacation rental acquisition and refinancing, and Commercial Property Lending including Apartments.

  • 1. Fix and Flip Loans – up to 90% Of Purchase with 100% of Rehab, experienced, or first-timer investors
  • 2. BRRRR – Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance and Repeat loans are available.  Loan programs include 5/1 ARM, 7/1 ARM, 30 Year Fixed Rates.
  • 3. Rental Property Loans – Purchase – Refi – Cash Out.  SFR 1-4 units and AirBnB properties.  Loan programs include 5/1 ARM, 7/1 ARM, 30 Year Fixed Rates.
  • 4. Ground Up Construction Loans
  • 5. Portfolio Loans for SFR – 2-4 units and Multi-Family
  • 6. Bridge Loans – Loans to Pay off current Lender – 1-2 Year Loans.
  • 7. Multi-Family Loans from 5 doors to 300+ doors.  Value-Add Purchase, Turn-Key Purchase, Bridge, New Construction, Agency and non-Agency loans
  • 8. Commercial and Mixed-Use Properties
  • 9. Haz. Ins. Co you can use. https://affiliate.nreig.com/RichardTurner­

Do you need funding for your BRRRR investment?  Basically, the loans look like this:

  • LTV – up to 88% of Cost / 68% LT Market Value
  • DSCR – 1.20 based on Market Rents (1.30 if less than 3yrs rental experience)
  • Experience – Min 5 flips or rental / 5yr look back
  • Loan Terms  – 7 yr  (5yr Fixed+2yr Floating)
  • Interest – Intro Rate 4.9% (increases with credit below 740, max 5.8%), First-year – no interest payments (rolled into loan principal)
  • Loan Terms – 12yr (10yr Fixed + 2 yr Floating)
  • Interest- Intro Rate 5.2% (increases with credit below 740, max 6.1%), First-year – no interest payments (rolled into loan principal)
  • Origination Points – 3% (2 to lender + 1 to us)  need to get a Broker/Client Agreement at 1%
  • Prepayment – Step Down 3-2-1  (No PPP if Origination Points Increased by 1%)

Some of our lenders will work with the following background issues:

  • Litigation with another Lender
  • Bankruptcy (10yr lookback)
  • Foreclosures (since 2012)
  • Delinquency with suppliers
  • Outstanding RE Liens
  • RE Loan Delinquency

Our lenders are ready to work with contractors and investors.  Now is a good time to buy a distressed property but be aware of the risks and understand what you’re getting into.  Distressed homes offer a unique buying opportunity for real estate investors, but the average home buyer should probably look elsewhere.

If you need funding, apply now. I am working online with the rest of you.  

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Patrick St. Cin

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Don’t Self-Sabotage as a Real Estate Investor, Rates are RISING!

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Rates are heading up rapidly! Since 9/1/2021 when the best 30yr fully amortized loan interest rate was 3.625%, there has been a steady increase.  Within the past 7 days, the same institutional lender has increased its rates to 5.750%, the lowest possible rate available.  This is a 2.125% increase in approximately 6 months.  Interest rates will remain volatile during this period of inflation.  As the Fed works to rein in inflation by adjusting the rate upward, we will continue to see these increases.

What can be done to mitigate these increases?

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When your Loan Officer requests Documents please be expeditious in sending them.  We are seeing investors delay signatures, sending documents, and poor response times which have led to as much as a 1.00% to 1.25% increase in the interest rates.  Investors want to see the mailbox money flow in with a minimum of effort, that is understandable.  But when it comes time to purchase or refinance a property, please make sure that your entity documents are in order.  This means signatures are where they should be (the biggest issue we see today), That a clear chain of ownership of the entity is evident.  Lawyers like to hide the ownership trail to minimize exposure to risks.  Lending institutions want to know exactly who they are lending to, minimal smoke and mirrors make the organizations with the money happy.

Some lenders offer a rate buy-down.  The basic way this works is that by paying an increase in the origination points to the lender the interest rate can be lowered.  Generally, this is a ratio of points to interest buy-down.  An example could be:

The ratio is 0.333% per Point.  The maximum buydown is 2 points or 2 times the buy-down points offered.

Interest7.00%7.00%7.00%
Origination Pts0%1%2%
Buy Down0.000%0.333%0.667%
New Interest Rate7.000%6.667%6.334%

There are other lenders that offer a similar buy down at a rate of 0.5% maximum for an increase in the lender’s origination points of 1.5%.  This buy down can be bought in 0.125% increments if that works for your program.

BUT WAIT THERE IS MORE!

We do have better news if you are doing a BRR strategy and not just a regular refinance and are open to a 5 or 7 year ARM. Call us today to find out more about all our options.

If you need funding, apply now.   

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Updates to our Loan Offerings – More for you as a Real Estate Investor

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We are a direct lender and financial intermediary, which gives us the opportunity to place the most competitive financing options in the market.  Below is what we specialize in.  We look forward to winning your business and creating a long-term relationship: Ground-Up New Construction ($200K to $45M – Loan Amount), Fix/Flip Projects, Long-term Rental Property Acquisitions and Refinances, Airbnb or vacation rental acquisition and refinancing, and Commercial Property Lending including Apartments. Here are more details of our core lending products.

1. Fix and Flip Loans – up to 90% Of Purchase with 100% of Rehab, experienced, or first-timer investors

2. BRRRR – Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance and Repeat loans are available.  Loan programs include 5/1 ARM, 7/1 ARM, 30 Year Fixed Rates.

3. Rental Property Loans – Purchase – Refi – Cash Out.  SFR 1-4 units and AirBnB properties.  Loan programs include 5/1 ARM, 7/1 ARM, 30 Year Fixed Rates.

4. Ground Up Construction Loans

5. Portfolio Loans for SFR – 2-4 units and Multi-Family

6. Bridge Loans – Loans to Pay off current Lender – 1-2 Year Loans.

7. Multi-Family Loans from 5 doors to 300+ doors.  Value-Add Purchase, Turn-Key Purchase, Bridge, New Construction, Agency and non-Agency loans

8. Commercial and Mixed-Use Properties

9. Haz. Ins. Co you can use. https://affiliate.nreig.com/RichardTurner­

We are also very excited to be working with a new lender that will provide funding for the BRRRR investment concept.  Basically, the loans look like this:

  • LTV – up to 88% of Cost / 68% LT Market Value
  • DSCR – 1.20 based on Market Rents (1.30 if less than 3yrs rental experience)
  • Experience – Min 5 flips or rental / 5yr look back
  • Loan Terms  – 7 yr  (5yr Fixed+2yr Floating)
  • Interest – Intro Rate 4.9% (increases with credit below 740, max 5.8%), First-year – no interest payments (rolled into loan principal)
  • Loan Terms – 12yr (10yr Fixed + 2 yr Floating)
  • Interest- Intro Rate 5.2% (increases with credit below 740, max 6.1%), First-year – no interest payments (rolled into loan principal)
  • Origination Points – 3% (2 to lender + 1 to us)  need to get a Broker/Client Agreement at 1%
  • Prepayment – Step Down 3-2-1  (No PPP if Origination Points Increased by 1%)

The lender will work with the following background issues:

  • Litigation with another Lender
  • Bankruptcy (10yr lookback)
  • Foreclosures (since 2012)
  • Delinquency with suppliers
  • Outstanding RE Liens
  • RE Loan Delinquency

This lender is geared up to work with contractors and investors.  They understand the issues they come into and have a system that helps to prevent further erosion of the borrower’s track record or credit.

One of their claims is that 95% of applications pass thru the system to get a loan.

If you’re planning to buy a distressed property, now may be a good time to buy. Just make sure you’re aware of the risks and understand what you’re getting into.  Distressed homes offer a unique buying opportunity for real investors, but the average home buyer should probably look elsewhere. 

If you need funding, apply now. I am working online with the rest of you.  

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Patrick St. Cin

W – 512-213-2271

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Need Rental Acquisition Funds? How to get INSTITUTIONAL FINANCING!

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This sounds rather ominous – INSTITUTIONAL FUNDING OF A RENTAL PURCHASE.  There is no creativity in this type of transaction.  It is a clean method of purchasing a property without the worry of what the underlying bank may do if the truth gets out. This post will cover:

  • So how do you get one of these loans?
  • How much money is needed?
  • Does my credit need to be pulled?
  • Does it have to be in an entity?
  • Do I have to put my first-born child up as collateral?

Get Your Affairs in Order

Having your documents ready to go at a day or two notice should be paramount to running a good solid business.  Knowing what the business is, how it was formed, documents are signed, financials are essential! 

Entity

  • First of all – if there is a signature line in your entity formation documents, make sure all principals have signed the document.  About 60%-80% of entity documents are left unsigned.
  • Secondly, the entity must be filed with the Secretary of State, in the State of Organization.  If the entity is working in another State then a DBA should be filed with the appropriate State.
  • Operating Agreement (OA)
  • Articles of Organization or Incorporation (Articles)
  • Resolution – A resolution that emphatically states who has the authority to sign financial documents is a must.  If this activity is either not in the OA or is poorly worded, then a separate resolution should be written, signed and filed with the appropriate Secretary of State’s office.

Assets

  • Financial Institution’s statements.  These are basically the bank statement for the entity, banks statements, investment account statement, retirement account statements of each principal.  Yes, the funding institution wants to know there are funds available to continually make payments especially when the property is vacant or has been damaged and in being repaired.
  • The cash value of a whole life or universal live insurance policy is also considered an asset.  Please remember that the face value of the $1.0M policy means nothing to the underwriter, only the amount of cash that the insurance company states is available to be surrendered, if and when requested.

Experience

  • Starting out is understood in the lending business.  Regardless of this being the first property or the 100th property the lender needs to know your level of experience.
  • Assuming the only property type you have investing in is rentals then your rent rolls, the last 12 months of rents, a balance sheet and a P&L statement should be close by.
  • Management experience is also key.  Regardless of the properties being managed by a 3rd party or yourself, this is something the lender needs to understand.
  • If the previous investments were fix and flips, then please provide a list of those properties, with the purchase cost, rehab costs, selling price and gross profit.
  • If you have partnered with other investors via an entity then these count towards experience.
    • To be considered as experience, the principal in question must have had significant ownership of the previous /partnered entity, approximately 25% or more.
    • JV partners are discounted but can be provided to show similar activity.
  • As a general rule the more rental experience the higher the Loan to Value of the loan.

Principals

  • Copy of your Drivers License or other government picture ID.
  • Either an application or a Personal Financial Statement are required
  • Authorization to pull your credit.
    • Credit drives the interest rate.
    • The higher the score the lower the rate.
    • Min Score is 660 for most lenders.
    • Some will go much lower to 500 but a higher interest rate will reflect this score.
  • The institutions are truly not interested in using your first born as collateral!

Property

  • Will need an appraisal
  • Depending on the experience of the principals the maximum LTV could be as high as 80%
  • The purchase contract is required
    • Any Amendments, Addendums or Assignments will be required
  • Lease documents
    • If there is a lease in place that will be sufficient
    • If a new lease has been signed then make sure that all attachments, Lead Based Paint forms, and As Is Condition forms are included.
  • All pages of the lease need to be sent in.
  • What is the target closing date?

Title Company

  • What is the name of the title company?
  • Who is the person(s) in this office that will handle the closing?
  • What is their Address?
  • What is their phone number?
  • What is their email?

Insurance Agency

  • Who is the insurance agent?
  • What is their Address?
  • What is their phone number?
  • What is their email?
  • Minimum Coverages (as of January 2022)
    • Greater of Building Replacement Costs or the Value of the Loan
    • Min Liability is $500,000
    • Fire and Hazard Coverage
    • Min 6 months Rental Loss Coverage

So, what does this same purchase look like in an institutional loan?

“Subject To”Institutional
ARV$200,000$200,000
Purchase Price$25,000$175,000
Credit Score740
LTV80%
Down Payment$35,000
Loan$165,000$140,000
Interest Rate4.00%4.25%
Term30 years with only 25 yrs remaining30 years
Payment$788.00$689.00

The upsides to this transaction are many:

  • Arears are covered making this a clean deal, cleared off the books of the previous bank
  • Lower monthly payments
  • Possible immediate tenant
  • Lender has no reason to call the loan
  • Refinancing to pull equity at your desired timing not an underlying bank

The downsides, to name a few, are:

  • $10,000 more in down payment
  • May take more time to close

If you’re planning to buy a distressed property, now may be a good time to buy. Just make sure you’re aware of the risks and understand what you’re getting into.  Distressed homes offer a unique buying opportunity for real investors, but the average home buyer should probably look elsewhere. 

If you need funding, apply now. I am working online with the rest of you.  

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Patrick St. Cin

W – 512-213-2271

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Diamonds are not forever but Real Estate Is … Make Wise Investing Choices!

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Would you ever think to compare diamonds and real estate? At first glance, they seem like two completely different things.  However, they are both hard assets that are cost-prohibitive to acquire for the average US worker.  However, you can sell both “assets” quickly and not realize their full value in the marketplace.    Let’s first compare the similarities and then differences from an investment perspective.

Real Estate is a better long term investment than diamonds

Similarities

Hard Assets:

  • Both Diamonds and Real Estate are Hard Assets similar to other commodities
  • Negatively correlated with bonds and stocks, so when stocks crash both appreciate in value

Long Term Investments

  • Suitable for investors who are not looking for fast returns on their investment
  • Risk losing money if you try to “flip” your investment too early or didn’t acquire at the right price below market value

Additional Utility

  • Provide the investor with enjoyment and value
    • Diamonds are pretty to look at and make the person or people associated with the diamond have better social value 
    • Real Estate provides rental income and in the case of short-term rentals – owners can enjoy the property and generate revenue when not in use.

Differences

As investors, we all know that not all hard assets, such as real estate or diamonds, have the same return on investment.  In fact, ROI performance varies greatly even among real estate classes:  residential property, commercial real estate, agricultural property, etc.  Financial crises prove time and again that real estate is a highly volatile asset.   Diamonds are a closed market that is stable and less risky.  However, there are still differences among the rate of returns on diamonds such as the colored diamonds are less risky.

  • Maintenance Fees
    • Diamonds don’t have a maintenance fee … you’re ROI is based on the price you paid upfront for the diamond
    • Real Estate requires maintenance and repairs and possibly property management fees.  All these factors need to be carefully considered before acquiring property and affect your return on investment.
  • Portability
    • Several millions of dollars can fit in your fist and transport in a pocket … the irony for not being the rarest stone they have the highest size to value ratio of the natural resource category.   This is how historically (since the silk road trail) wealth was transported long distances and across borders.
    • Real estate can’t be moved. Real estate is not physically portable and the value does not transfer easily either.  However, 1031 exchanges are a great way to transfer appreciation as you sell your property.

At REI Capital Resources, we prefer real estate investing to diamonds.  In fact, diamond prices are extremely volatile – shooting up 249% from 1978 to 1980 before falling 77% by early 1986 – but the value of diamonds has also long been propped up by a number of artificial sources.   Real estate can be utilized and provide rental income.  As the number of cloud and work from home startups rise, commercial real estate is increasingly valuable to investors to provide “server farms” to meet bandwidth demands.

We are not saying diamonds aren’t valuable or important – especially as emergency currency and making your future or current spouse a little happier this valentine’s day.  We’re saying don’t buy a diamond as an investment with the idea of retained value.  If you look at diamond prices since the 1970s, there has been “Too Much Price Volatility & Demand Uncertainty To Be Considered Investable” by numerous sources.  Also, the use of diamonds as a symbol of a woman to be married is only about a 100-year-old custom.  There are numerous other stones considered rarer.  Thank you, Madison Avenue for making weddings a thing to save money for and cause the intelligent investor to consider generating a new stream of revenue.

We love this quote by Milton Friedman, “The speculator is looking for hidden weak spots in the market,” and acts as “the advance agent of the investor, seeking always to bring market prices into line with investment values.”   Diamonds don’t provide an adequate hedge against inflation, and most people would be better off with more practical financial planning, than investing for catastrophe purposes.  The diamond while a modern symbol of one’s love and commitment to another is expensive and ranks low when compared to value stability.

Diamonds vs. Gold vs. S&P 500

YearGold ROI  %Diamond ROI  %S&P500 ROI  %
2004000
200536-110
200657323
200797291
200811911-22
200917619-7
2010254507
20112763915
20122182437
20131852061
2014172873

*Data courtesy of the Rappaport Diamond Index, Kitco, the World Gold Council and Yahoo Finance. Diamond prices reflect monthly averages based on a 1-carat diamond. Gold prices are based on average annual London PM fixed prices. S&P 500 prices reflect average monthly adjusted closing prices. ROIs are cumulative.

The chart shows when the stock market suffered historic losses, diamonds at best served as a short-term hedge and very quickly fell behind the returns of alternative investments.

Therefore, I would recommend a 3 bedroom house that generates a positive return on investment that you can set aside the money after a year to buy your sweetie her diamond.  If she loves you, she’ll wait a year knowing a diamond is coming.

Investing in Apartments – Commitment and Study

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Even in the coronavirus pandemic crisis investing in rental apartment property can still be a good way to add thousands of dollars to your income in the long term. If you buy apartment real estate that is in a good location with growth potential, but that is not too expensive, this real estate investment will likely recover after the crisis passes according to (Brad Hunter, Forbes.com). However, the investment takes funds and commitment over the long haul.

Appreciation

There are two way to make money from rental real estate. The first, appreciation, is a rise in value over time. This profit can only be realized by reselling the property after some time has passed or after you have made upgrades that add to the value. Generally, real estate appreciates in value over time if you are in the right location. Be sure to study employment and home buying trends in your local area before purchasing rental property.

Cash Flow & Coronavirus

You can also make money in the form of cash flow by collecting rents as income. The coronavirus pandemic is affecting the apartment rental real estate industry because many people, more people than we have ever seen before, have lost their income in only a few weeks, unemployment claims are up all over America, and tenants may not be able to pay their rents for the next couple of months. This will impact the ability of landlords to make money. Either the landlord forgives the rent and eats the loss for a while to keep the tenant, or the renter is evicted, and the property becomes vacant. In either case, the landlord is not receiving income on the property and may have to seek forbearance from their own lenders.

If a landlord has paid off his or her own mortgage on the property or if he or she has established an emergency fund as Dave Ramsey suggest (daveramsey.com), they will be able to weather the storm caused by the jobs lost in the pandemic shutdown.

Jobs and Renting

Either the jobs come back after the danger from the virus is past and businesses reopen, and the renters stay, or a new set of renters materialize because those people who are no longer able to afford their own homes move to apartments and construction of new homes slows because of coronavirus-driven delays caused by labor shortages, and supply shortages. More people may need to rent. In this case. It is likely the landlord’s income will return after some shaky months.

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Asset Rebound

Because the income potential should rebound, rental apartment property should not lose its value overtime as an asset. If the building itself remains sound, there is no reason why the property value will not increase as other investments tank and real estate once again looks solid and reliable compared to stocks. Also, if interest rates remain low, investors will be willing to take on more debt and are not restrained from purchasing property at higher prices. This will help investors who plan to sell their rental properties make a profit.

Single-Family Rentals

Investments in single-family rental homes may also benefit in the long run as more people work from home and need more room than apartments afford. Brad Hunter also suggests in his article on Forbes.com that the single-family-built-to rent-industry may benefit as people need that specially designed home office space with its own door and bathroom.

Due Diligence

Investment in rental real estate should remain attractive but be sure to do your due diligence.

Study everything from location, jobs, virus hotspots, distancing trends, supply chains, virus rebounds as they occur, and what the kids are doing now.

References:

Dave Ramsey online at https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/how-to-invest-in-real-estate

Forbes online: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradhunter/2020/03/24/coronavirus-impacts-on-real-estate–why-you-need-to-think-short-term-and-longer-term/#6f2133345f6f

Investopedia, The Impact of Interest Rates Changes by the Federal Reserve. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/010616/impact-fed-interest-rate-hike.asp

We have funds available so let us invest in something together.

I would be pleased to have you call or e-mail too.

Patrick St.Cin

W – 512-213-2271

M – 505-239-3026

Patrick@REICapital.cash

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Multi-Family News on multihousingnews.com

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The multi-family housing market is a viable market segment in many metro areas as people move in from the suburbs to be closer to work and to entertainment. I scanned many articles and blogs on multihousingnews.com and am here sharing with you some of the statistics I found for our Texas market.

Austin

According to the “Austin Multi-family Report – Spring 2019” and an article on the “Top Multi-family Completions in Austin,” both by Anca Gagluc in the Multi-Housing News, the Austin multi-family market had a strong year in 2018 with rent growth of 4.5% despite 11,000 units coming online. The 11,000 units that were constructed and rented in 2018 were in the upscale lifestyle segment and the 20,500 units underway in 2019 are also targeted for that same segment of the market. 

The largest multi-family projects delivered through the end of May 2019 included

  • Bexley Round Rock, 330 Units, Round Rock
  • Hillstone at Wolf Ranch, 332 Units, Georgetown
  • Latitude at Presidio, 337 Units, Cedar Park
  • Crestview Commons, 353 Units, Austin
  • Terra, 372 Units, Austin

Multi-family housing can come in several classifications, affordable, lifestyle, senior, student, or worker housing. Most of the inventory discussed here is in the Lifestyle segment. A multi-family unit in the lifestyle segment is one that offers amenities that improve your daily life. These may be as simple as open areas and great walking trails or more expensive shared amenities like a stable, fitness center, or sauna and pool. The lifestyle property is supposed to enhance your life. It is in effect a neighborhood, or a community. Lifestyle communities are generally upscale in price, can even be luxurious, and often do not meet the need for affordable housing.

Austin added 36,800 jobs in 2018, up 3.5 % from the previous year.  Occupancy rates for Austin multi-family housing rose to 94.4% as of March 2019 and rent growth was 3.7% percent through April 2019.

Dallas-Fort Worth

According to the “Dallas Multi-family Report – Spring 2019” from Anca Gagiuc in Multi-Housing News, the Texas multi-family market continued to show plenty of supply, dampening rent growth, which was 2.8% year-over-year through March, slightly below the U.S. average.

More than 26,800 units were delivered in 2018 with an additional 44,700 underway as of March 2019.  The metro remained a nation leader in job creation last year, adding 102,500 positions for 2.6 percent expansion. Last year’s multi-family transaction volume was $5 billion.  Investors have already traded nearly $900 million in multi-family assets in the first quarter of 2019 at a per-unit-price of $105,032. The average Dallas-Fort Worth rent is expected to rise 4.3% in 2019.

Houston

According to the “Houston Multi-family Report – Spring 2019” from Laura Calugar in Multi-Housing News, the Houston multi-family market showed rent growth on a downward slide, but the market was still strong, underpinned by employment gains and economic expansion. Houston’s occupancy rate was 92.4%, down 140 basis points from the previous year, fueling fears of overbuilding.

Houston added 72,600 jobs in the 12 months ending February 2019. Last year’s transaction volume was $5 billion.  Roughly 14,000 units were under construction as of March 2019, most of that geared to high-income residents. The average Houston metro rent is expected to rise 2.2% in 2019.

REI Capital Resources is a funding source for SFR Fix-n-Flip, Fix-to-Rent, and Refinance projects as well as larger commercial projects such as office buildings, 5-40 door multi-family buildings, and many others.  These programs vary wide and far throughout the gamut of lending. Call or e-mail for more information.

REI Capital Resources Long-Term Rental Program

We offer asset-based and experience-based loans for long-term rental projects, including multi-family projects with the following terms: min FICO 650, BPO required, Up to 85% of purchase price, Cashout/Refinance up to 65% LTV (BPO), Max of 80% ARV, Interest rates starting at 6.5%, and points as low as 2.25%.

Give me a call or send an e-mail.

Patrick StCin, 512-213-2271,

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Single-Family Rentals: Build to Rent

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The single-family rental is the fastest growing segment of the housing market according to research done by the Urban Institute. This is a very interesting area of opportunity for private lenders and it pays to keep up-to-date on the market so that no opportunity is missed.

Single-family rentals have outpaced single-family ownership and multi-family housing in recent years. This is partly due to millennials that are forming households and entering the single-family housing market, moving up from multi-family living to single-family rentals to gain additional space for a growing family. Renting still works for them because they need the ability to be transient and move if their jobs require them to, and many cannot afford single-family ownership because they are carrying massive student loan debt, have not been able to save for a down payment, and are faced with stricter lending terms. Downsizing baby boomers are also attracted to single-family rentals for some of the same reasons, including no down payment, maintenance services, and the ability to move if they choose.

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Wholesale Sales

According to an article on Builderonline.com by Lauren Shanesy, the demand for single-family rentals has allowed builders to increase sales by selling to rental operators on a wholesale basis and has prompted a number of developers to tap into the market with a new product, the cohesive single-family rental community filled by niche renters with lifestyle needs that are unlike those of apartment renters.

Planned Rental Home Communities

AHV Communities is one community builder that is building in Texas, offering resort-style amenities, energy efficient homes, maintenance-free living, and professional management with the freedom and flexibility of a lease. One of these communities is Pradera, luxury rental homes in San Antonio. Another is Creekside Ranch in New Braunfels. Both offer club house, pool, green space, maintenance services, and sophisticated floor plans.

Management Efficiencies and Flexibility

Shanesy continues, “Many individual investors who bought distressed or foreclosed single-family rental homes have been priced out of the market by competition from institutional investors in recent years.”  However, these individual rental homes are spread out and not located in communities, so the institutional lenders have a more difficult time managing them efficiently. Some investment companies have begun looking to builders to purchase whole communities of new homes that they can manage. They sell some of the homes and rent others, allowing the investors the flexibility to sell if homeownership goes up or rent if homeownership goes down.  

A Mature Market

Samantha Goldberg, in the article “Top Trends to Watch in the Single-Family Market,” at Arbor.com/blog/ reports that panelists at the State of the SFR Industry panel at the IMN’s 7th Annual Single-Family Rental Investment Forum, held in Hollywood FL say that incoming capital, new private lenders and institutional lenders, and technological innovations helpful for management are the top trends to watch in the single-family rental market over the next few years.

According to the same article, the single-family rental market sector achieved 3% year-over-year rent growth in 2018 and 2% year-over-year rent growth so far in 2019. The West Coast and the South East had the biggest rent gains in the last year.

There is still a shortage of housing for the U.S. workforce and this means that the nonluxury single-family rental market has room to grow, providing opportunities for private lenders, developers, and investors to add inventory in the workforce living space.

REI Capital Resources Long-Term Rental Funding Program

REI Capital Resources is a funding source for SFR Fix-n-Flip, Fix-to-Rent, build-to-rent, and Refinance projects as well as larger commercial projects such as office buildings, 5-40 door multi-family buildings, and many others.  These programs vary wide and far throughout the gamut of lending. Call or e-mail for more information. I’d like your business.

We offer asset-based and experienced-based long-term rental program loans on the following terms: at a min FICO of 650, a BPO is required, up to 85% of purchase price, Max of 80% ARV, Interest rates starting at 6.5%, and points as low as 2.25%.

REI Capital Resources Residential Construction Loan Program

We offer asset-based and experience based loans for residential construction on the following terms: Min FOCI 650, appraisal required, up to 90% of cost of lot + build, Up to 100% of construction costs if lot is free and clear, Max of 70% ARV, interest rates starting at 8.25%,and points as low as 3.5%.

Give me a call or send me an e-mail.

Patrick St.Cin

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Patrick@REICapital.cash

References

Lauren Shanesy on Builderonline.com, “The Rise of the Single-Family Rental.”

Samantha Goldberg, “Top Trends to Watch in the Single-Family Market,” Arbor.com/blog/

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Vacation Rental Investment Property: Expenses

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Summer is here and vacations are in the air.  Perhaps, it is also time to think about how we can pay for our vacation with income from an investment property purchased to rent. As we discussed yesterday, if you receive income from renting property for use as a dwelling, such as a house or apartment, you may need to report the income, and you may be able to deduct certain expenses. 

To make your tax life easier and less confusing for you, your tax preparer, and the tax authorities, be clear about your goals for the rental property.  Are you using the property partly for your own use and renting it out when you aren’t using it or are you operating it solely for a profit?  If you are using the property yourself and renting it, divide the portions of expenses between your investment and your personal tax forms based on days used or percentage used, and you will not run into tax trouble.

Types of Rental Expenses

In most cases expenses related to renting your property are deductible. These deductions can be applied against the income you receive from rent to lower the amount of the rental income that is subject to tax. These would general be reported on a form 1040.  According to the IRS, if you use the investment property to rent for a profit and do not use the dwelling as a residence, or for personal use, then your deductible rental expense may add up to more than your gross rental income. When you use the property for both personal and rental use, you will not be able to deduct rental expenses in excess of the gross rental income minus the rental portion of the mortgage interest, real estate taxes, casualty losses from federally declared disasters for the rented part, realtor’s fees, and advertising costs.

Deductible expenses include:

  • Advertising
  • Auto and travel expenses (if the primary purpose of the trip is to collect rent or to manage, conserve, and maintain your rental property)
  • Cleaning and maintenance
  • Realtor and Online Commissions
  • Depreciation: This expense begins when the property is rented or placed in service. It is taken over the lifetime of the property to cover the cost of the original purchase.
  • Insurance
  • Interest on loans other than the mortgage
  • Legal and other professional fees
  • Local transportation expenses (those incurred collecting rents, managing, conserving, or maintaining your property)
  • Management fees
  • Mortgage interest paid to banks, etc.
  • Mortgage expenses, including mortgage commissions, abstract fees, recording fees, are not deducted as expenses, but are considered part of the basis of your property as capital expenses and are depreciated.
  • Points. Points are prepaid interest and are deducted over the life of the loan and not all in the year the loan was made.
  • Pre-rental expenses: Expenses incurred maintaining your property from the time you make it available to rent
  • Rental payments for equipment
  • Rental payments for the property you lease
  • Repairs
  • Taxes
  • Utilities

Vacant Property

You can deduct expenses incurred maintaining and preserving your property when it is vacant, or vacant while listed for sale.

Uncollected Rent – Not Deductible

Don’t deduct uncollected rents. It is not included in your income, so it cannot be deducted.

Renting to Your Employer

If you rent part of your home to your employer and provide services for your employer in that rented space, report the rental income.  Claim the income and deduct the expense for that portion of the house. You can deduct mortgage interest, real estate taxes, casualty losses from federally declared disasters for the rented part of your home.

I would like to help you with funding for an investment rental property or vacation rental.  I have a long-term rental loan program that can help you get into an income-producing vacation rental investment property.

Please give me a call when you find that perfect real estate investment and know how much money you need.

Patrick St.Cin
512-213-2271
Patrick@REICapital.cash 

References

IRS Publication 527 (2018) Residential Rental Property

IRS Tax topic 415 Renting Residential and Vacation Property

Image Credit, vacation rental, Seattle. Fred Ueckert, FJU Photography [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)%5D

Vacation Rental Investment Property: Income

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Summer is here and our heads are full of vacation plans. Some of us rent summer vacation homes to stay in and some of us rent vacation homes out to others for income.

As a real estate investor, you may be considering buying a property to rent out for income or to remodel and resell. There are four points about income taxes that apply to rental properties that you should know about.

1.  If you rent the dwelling for fewer than 15 days a year, you do not have to report any of the rental income and cannot deduct any expenses as rental expenses.

2. If you receive income from renting property for use as a dwelling, such as a house or apartment, you will most likely need to report the income, and you may be able to deduct certain expenses.

3. The accounting method you choose to follow determines when you count income and deduct expenses.

4. Whether you use the property personally for vacations with your family and friends makes a big difference.

Accounting Method:

The accounting method you use determines when you claim income and deductible expenses.

Types of Rental Income:

Monthly rent is only one kind of income you may receive.  You may also receive rent in advance. You report monthly rent when you receive it. A tenant may pay you to cancel a lease. This income you report when you receive it. A tenant may pay some the expenses attributed to the rental dwelling (for example utilities). You declare the expenses paid as income. You can then deduct the expense if they are deductible rental expenses. A tenant may pay you with services (for example painting) or property (for example they construct a built-in grill). In this case you report the fair market value of the service or property as rental income.

Security deposits are not included in your income if you intend to return them to your tenant at the end of the lease. But, if you keep part or all of the deposit, include it as rental income in the year you receive it.  If a security deposit is used as the final month’s rent, include it as advanced rental income when you receive it.

Personal Use

According to the IRS, If you use the property for personal use 10% of the time or 14 days a year (whichever is greater) and rent it out at the fair market value for income, limitations apply on the rental expenses you can deduct. You will need to divide the expenses between the personal use and the rental income use based on the number of days of each. Of course for personal use, you will not receive income so there is nothing to report on the personal taxes. When you use the property for both personal and rental use, you will not be able to deduct rental expenses in excess of the gross rental income minus the rental portion of the mortgage interest, reals estate taxes, casualty losses from federally declared disasters for the rented part, realtor’s fees, and advertising costs.

One thing to note about personal use is that if you rent to a relative or friend for a token amount, less than the fair market value of a dwelling just like yours, you have to count this use as personal use, not as investment rental income use.

I have a long-term rental loan program that can provide funds for your real estate investment for the purpose of renting for income.

REI Capital Resources is a direct lender as well as a broker of funding solutions. We offer short and long-term financing options.

Please give me a call when you find that perfect real estate investment and know how much money you need.

Patrick St.Cin
512-213-2271
Patrick@REICapital.cash 

References

IRS Publication 527 (2018) Residential Rental Property

IRS Tax topic 415 Renting Residential and Vacation Property

Vacation rental Image in Florida. Jan Lieberman [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)%5D