Learn To Be A Fix and Flip Investor: Arizona Hard Money Loans: A Different Approach to Funding

Thursday, March 28, 2019

Arizona Hard Money Loans: A Different Approach to Funding

Everywhere you look there are ads inviting you to borrow funds through traditional lenders—banks, mortgage companies and the like—but is the standard way the best choice? Find out if a non-traditional loan might be better.

Financing is the biggest problem a would-be investor has when starting unless he/she has a considerable amount of personal funds to invest and most of us don’t fall into that part of the population. Let’s say you have tried to invest before and while it went smoothly for awhile, life changed things and they all required money. Plenty of it.

The next thing you knew you had declared bankruptcy in your business and downsized it and a block of land you had purchased was foreclosed upon by the bank. This all happened in the last five years and despite your landing pretty much on your feet, the business coming back and most of the bills paid, those two items burnt holes in your credit report and knocked a considerable number of points off your score.

The conventional lenders you have seen about a loan to purchase two apartment buildings were very nice—one was a bank and the other a mortgage company—but neither of them could do anything to help you. As you went out the door of the mortgage company, the lender you had been talking to motioned you aside and said quietly, “Try the Arizona Hard Money Lenders—those people aren’t tied up with all the restrictions we have, although they do cost more.”

What is an Arizona Hard Money Loan? And is one right for you?

These loans are set up differently than conventional ones and are designed to aid the potential investor who has credit issues, low cash reserves, is self-employed, etc. The one thing that is needed here is collateral to back your getting the loan—the lender is much more interested in what you have to literally fall back on than your having a perfect credit score and a straight-line job that pays every two weeks. A lien will be placed upon the collateral by the lender to cover their interests in the event you cannot repay your loan.

A second positive point with Arizona Hard Money Loans is the time it takes for one to be processed and closed—it can be done in an average of two weeks’ time as opposed to a bank which can take six months easy. This is an especially good thing when you could end up taking all the time needed and getting required documentation for a bank, only to be told, “We’re sorry—we just can’t approve your application.”

Third, payment times and schedules can often be tweaked to favor your calendar rather than the lenders’. If you need five years to pay the loan back instead of two, an Arizona Hard Money Lender can generally work with you on that.

A different loan may be helping hand you need. Get out there and look for the one made just for you.

Do what the mortgage lender advised—research the hard money people in your area, find several that are offering loans which appeal to you and set up times to talk with them. You’ll meet new people, learn things that could help you in the long and perhaps walk out the door with possible funding for your future project.

Dennis Dahlberg
Broker/RI/CEO/MLO
Level 4 Funding LLC
Hard Money Lender
Hard Money Loans
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Arizona Tel: (623) 582-4444
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Dennis Dahlberg Broker/RI/CEO

About the Author: Dennis has been working in the real estate industry in some capacity for the last 40 years. He purchased his first property when he was just 18 years old. He quickly learned about the amazing investment opportunities provided by trust deed investing and hard money loans. His desire to help others make money in real estate investing led him to specialize in alternative funding for real estate investors who may have trouble getting a traditional bank loan. Dennis is passionate about alternative funding sources and sharing his knowledge with others to help make their dreams come true. Dennis has been married to his wonderful wife for 43 years. They have 2 beautiful daughters and 5 amazing grandchildren. Dennis has been an Arizona resident for the past 40 years.