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Commercial Finance Las Vegas & Nationwide

If you are in the market for financing a commercial real estate property your best bet is to go through a commercial finance broker.  Choosing simply your local branch office will get you only their rates and products. We have access to the rates and products offered by dozens of banks. When you refinance or buy your commercial real estate property, you have a choice.

Understanding commercial finance, and finding the best financing package, can be complicated. Finding someone competent, who can guide you through the process and remain objective, is even more of a challenge. Commercial mortgage interest rates fluctuate, sometimes on a daily basis, and today more than ever positioning of lenders in the marketplace also changes. Our lending network and experienced advice will help you find the right financial products and services to suit your commercial financing situation. Our careful choice of lenders and loan options ensures you a competitive interest rate.

GETTING STARTED

In order to determine if you have a property that will attract financing I will need to look at a few things. At the very least I will need an executive summary for the property and if you have it an appraisal would be extremely helpful. If I locate an interested source for funding the next thing they will request are financials for the personal guarantor(s) as well as a resume outlining their experience in the commercial real estate field. My sources will also want to know how much money the personal guarantor(s) have into the project. By money, I’m talking actual cash into the deal. Keep in mind when looking into financing your commercial property that unlike residential financing which weighs more heavily on the borrower, commercial finance lenders weigh their decision much more heavily on the property and whether or not it is an income producing property. How will you know if your commercial property will be considered an income producing property by the lenders? Quite simply they will want the DSCR or Debt Service Coverage Ratio to be at least 1.10 but in todays market I would try to be at the 1.25 mark. What this means essentially is that for every $1.00 in debt there must be $1.10 or $1.25 in net income being produced by the property.

If and when I locate a source for your commercial financing I will forward you a commercial loan application as well as a broker agreement and an engagement agreement from the lender which will outline their committment in the deal as well as fees for completing financing on your project.

Contact me directly by phone at 702.526.3133 or by e-mail at mgarnes@garnesmortgage.com if you would like me to answer questions regarding your specific situation. If you already have your ducks in a row you can forward me your executive summary and hopefully an appraisal and I will locate a funding source for you and contact you back.

Mortgage Loan Modifications

 

We are in very turbulent times, financially speaking. I talk to homeowners everyday who are upside down in their mortgages, their payments have gone up or about to go up and are desperate to find a way to keep their homes. There have been several options presented by the government. The FHA Housing Stimulus Bill or ‘Hope for Homeowners’ seemed like a great idea, but, the bill took affect Oct 1, 2008 and as of today, Oct 13, 2008 our government still has not issued the full underwriting guidelines to lenders. Essentially what this means is nobody is underwriting these loans. Plus, the biggest obstacle with this loan is it is up to the good graces of your current lender to ALLOW you to refinance your home under this new bill. Word is you had better start thinking about hiring someone to do a loan modification for you before you lose your home. The loan modification can be an excellent way to re-negotiate your loan to either keep your payment the same before the rate went/goes adjustable or perhaps even lower your payment by eliminating the 2nd mortgage altogether. Every situation and every modification goes a bit different and there is no way to tell what your results may be until we start negotiating with your lender. I can tell you that we have about a 90% success rate modifying loans for our clients thus allowing the majority of our clients to keep their homes. Your lender does not want to foreclose on your property; it is too time consuming and too expensive for them. You will have a team of attorneys on your side who know the process inside and out; they do this day in and day out and know how to speak to your lender in order to get you your best deal and keep your home which is the our main concern for our clients.

You do have options! If you would like more information regarding the loan modification process call me directly at 702.526.3133 or e-mail at mgarnes@garnesmortgage.com

 

 

FHA update regarding rentals

 FHA is tigntening the screws again; below is the latest change to FHA gudelines in regards to leaving a primary residence with the intent of turning it into a rental property:

FHA takes steps to respond to unscrupulous practices in the housing market by providing underwriting guidance on transactions where a principal residence is being vacated in favor of another principal residence. Due to FHA’s concern that some homebuyers in these transactions may attempt to provide misleading information regarding the rental income of the property being vacated to qualify for the new mortgage, FHA is instituting underwriting guidance designed to assure that the homebuyer can make payments on the full debt service of both mortgages. Consequently, beginning with case number assignments on or after the date of Mortgagee Letter 2008-25 and until further notice, the underwriting analysis may not consider any rental income from the property being vacated except under circumstances described in this Mortgagee Letter.

If you would like further information in regards to your specific situation contact me directly by phone at 702.526.3133 or e-mail at mgarnes@garnesmortgage.com

Once again if you would like to refinance your upside down your mortgage and lower your monthly payments when the new FHA Housing Bill takes affect Oct 1 click on the link below and add your name to my contact list

http://garnesmortgage.com/fha_bill.html

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