Phone: 240-436-2340
Maryland Hard Money Lenders. Private Loans in Maryland, Virginia & Washington, DC
Last week, we celebrated March 8th—International Women Worker’s Day, a global day celebrating women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. While I am grateful to all women in my life, today, I want to express my appreciation for hardworking, resourceful, insightful, persistent, and super intelligent women in real estate. Your dedication, perseverance, and leadership have transformed communities, shaped skylines, and inspired future generations.
We’ve written several detailed articles on why it’s important to invest in real estate using an LLC. Actually, it doesn’t matter much whether you are investing in the name of an LLC or any other type of business entity. What’s important is that you don’t invest in your personal name. Why? Investing in the business name protects your personal assets, helps manage your risk, protects your privacy, and might come with some tax benefits. Also, if you are working with a hard money lender, they usually prefer lending to businesses rather than individuals.
Hard money lenders exist because they underwrite radically differently from conventional lenders. They take more risks, think outside the box, and finance the properties that conventional lenders cannot touch with a ten-foot pole. This flexibility allows private lenders to overcome obstacles that will leave a conventional loan dead in the water, including distressed collateral, low borrower credit scores, no verifiable income, and even certain title defects.
Defects in the title of a residential property refer to any issues or problems that affect the legal ownership or rights associated with the property. Such defects result in what is called a “clouded” title. The opposite of the clouded title is a “marketable” or “clear” title, which refers to a title free from reasonable doubt or defects.
A marketable title reduces the legal risk associated with the property in several ways. First, it assures the buyer that the seller has a legal and undisputed right to sell the property. It also gives buyers confidence that they are acquiring a property without hidden claims or encumbrances, minimizing the likelihood of future legal challenges. If you plan to finance the property with a lender, all lenders, including hard money lenders, will require a marketable title before providing financing. A clear title assures them that the property is sufficient collateral for the loan, reducing the lender’s risk.
A part of our business comes from refinancing inherited properties. A typical scenario includes an heir who either wants money to pay off other heirs or needs renovation funds to increase the property’s value before flipping it. Often, they want to do both. Private lending criteria fit their needs perfectly. Hard money lenders like us lend on properties that require extensive renovations and are not focused on the borrower’s income or credit scores. Inherited properties often come with plenty of equity, reducing private lenders’ risk and making the pre-qualification process fast and straightforward. There is one condition, though: the inherited property must be out of probate.
Hard money lenders have significant discretion in choosing whom to lend to. Unlike traditional banks or financial institutions that have strict lending criteria and standardized underwriting processes, hard money lenders are private individuals or smaller-size companies that operate with more flexibility. The decision to lend to a particular borrower depends on the transaction itself. Among key elements of this transaction are its overall profitability, the strength of the collateral, and the risk involved in a particular rehab project. These are the tangible aspects best measured by math and underwriting formulas such as loan-to-cost ratio. The intangible aspect of the transaction is how a private lender feels about a particular borrower.
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New Funding Resources, LLC
806 West Diamond Ave.
Suite 340
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878
Phone: 240-436-2340
All loans subject to our review of underwriting criteria and conditions. We reserve the right to approve or deny any loan application based on our sole discretion.
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