Phone: 240-436-2340
Maryland Hard Money Lenders. Private Loans in Maryland, Virginia & Washington, DC
Hard money loans serve as an essential financing option for real estate investors who need quick access to capital. Unlike traditional bank loans, hard money loans are funded by private investors or lending firms and are secured by real estate. These short-term loans are designed to help investors purchase or renovate properties that may not qualify for conventional financing.
If you discussed a deal with a private lender, you might have heard a term “Loan-to-Cost Ratio.” Private lenders use the Loan-to-Cost ratio as a key underwriting metric to assess risk, determine loan amount, and evaluate the borrower’s commitment to a real estate project. It helps them make informed lending decisions and structure loans that align with their risk tolerance and lending criteria. However, many novice borrowers and some experienced investors do not exactly understand what loan-to-cost ratio is or how to calculate it. So let’s demystify it.
“I need a hard money loan for three months maximum,” I hear our potential borrowers say all the time. “I have the right partners, the right contractors and we will be moving fast.” “How many properties have your flipped in the last two years?” I always ask them. The answer is typically none.
On every team you have what can be considered the “support players.” We’d like to consider ourselves support players for our hard money loan customers. Support players are the people who work hard, but don’t always get recognized as star players. This is not to say that these people are not important. In fact without these people the whole process would break down, but you don’t hear them mentioned as much as the lawyer, lender or real estate agent. These are still key members of your team, so you need to choose them wisely and recognize their worth.
Being experts in hard money loans, we are sometimes asked if it’s a good idea to have a lawyer as part of your real estate investment team. Here is the answer. A friend once told me that the interesting thing about being an attorney was that no one wants you until they need you and no one wants to need you. As humorous as that sounds, the truth is that if you are going to do any type of investment business, you are going to need an attorney as a key member of your team. Everything you do needs to be above board, and attorneys are part of the process to make sure that happens.
When buying an investment property using a hard money loan, you can’t simply think about the worth of the home. You have to consider other factors that can drive up the total project cost and make or break your investment. Here are the four pillars of the cost of a rehab project.
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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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