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lacashman

Presentation is the key to finding Hard Money

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When I started working as a loan officer I needed a way get more business? Since I was a Real Estate investor and a frequent visitor to most of the web sites I knew that everyone was looking for Hard Money Lenders. So I figured that would be a good way to get started. So I set out to find Hard Money Lenders. I found some that would be willing to pay my broker a commission.

 

I talked to several lenders to find out where they would lend and what kind of deals they liked. I made up a flow chart so that when I talked to an investor I could figure out which lender would work for the deal. After I was ready I started to get the work out that I could do Hard Money loans. My phone started to ring like crazy sounds good so far.

 

But most of the investors could talk a good story but when it came time to put the deal on paper most were lost. If they were working with a local hard money lender they could get in the car drive over together and look the deal over shake hands and have a deal. But when you’re working with an out of state lender they only get to see the deal on paper

 

One thing to keep in mind is that most people will take the path of least resistance. So the loan package that answers all of the lenders questions in an easy to understand format will get worked on before the one that requires a phone call to get the answers. They don’t want to play phone tag and you want an answer as soon as you can get one, so include all of the needed info.

 

The most important thing you can do when looking for a Hard Money loan is to write up a deal summary. It should be fairly short but should give all of the information that is important to make the deal work. This way the lender can look it over and see if it is something that they would lend on.

 

If you do a good write up it will set you apart from the dreamers. Now let’s go over what needs to be in the deal summary.

 

First talk about the property.

 

What type of property is it?

What is the condition?

What is the ARV? And how did you come up with that number?

What is the cost to get the property market ready?

What is the purchase price?

Any current cash flow?

Any future cash flow?

 

Second we talk about you.

 

How is your credit? Just to be clear yes I am going to go off on a rant. Yes credit matters when doing hard money loans. Yes I know lenders who will work with very bad credit. But how bad your credit is will determine which lender you will need to use. Most will pull your credit file. Some do not care about the number but they will look for liens and judgments.

 

How is your financial situation? Basically do you have a job and how much is your income.

Can you put money into the deal? If you can then you will have more options. If it is a commercial deal you may have to put cash in.

Do you have experience doing this?

 

Third explain the deal

 

What do you plan to do?

How do you plan to do it?

Will you be adding value?

How will you make the payments?

 

Before you submit this you need to have some else look it over.

 

If you will write up a blank template for this then put in the info for every deal you look at it will help you to decide if you even want to do the deal. I have had a few newbie’s desperately want a loan to buy a property but when it cam to the last two items they could not answer the questions.

 

Do not try and BS these guys. I had one investor do a write up asking for a loan on a residential property. But the comps they used were commercial.

 

I faxed the write up and credit file to the lender. They call me back in a few minutes. (My deal was the easiest on his desk) We were talking it over and he pulls up comp data. Yes he had access from his desk. He sees the comps were not real comps, and figures the investor is trying to pull something so he shoots it down.

 

As always present yourself as a professional.

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Hey lacashman,

 

After reading your post, I was quite impressed! You have a very good point.

 

As a loan officer myself, others have told me to specialize in one area as opposed to trying to master everything and everyone.

 

Yes, presentation is the key to win the business of hard money lenders and for those of you who are investors, your ability to negotiate with the sellers is a key factor.

 

Thanks again for sharing the thought! I think you are going to do well.

 

Andrew

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THANKS ALSO FROM TEH BOSTON AREA

 

took down some notes and will try mybest

if it is no problem for you can you send a sample of what

I should be doing.

JRJ2820@YAHOO.COM

and do you know anyone in the Boston (Dorchester) area

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I never made a template for my invetsors to use. If they were to lasy to do it on their own I did not work with them. I did not want my lenders to see the same form letter. That is why I wrote this post it gave them all of the info needed so that they could write a good one.

 

Don't get hung up on making it look good. It is simply a data sheet make simple so that the lender can make a desision.

 

As for HML in your area untill you have a deal it would be a waste of time to give you a lenders name. The reason is simple they are all difernet. If you go find a deal and I mean a real deal not some no equity deal then come back and talk to us. Post the needed info and we will help you find the right lender for your deal.

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