He gave me the money!

Like many others, even I was attracted to foreclosed property investment for earning short term profits. However, I did not have capital to invest in purchasing the properties. The property I was interested in came with a price tag of $ 85,000. I went to the bank for loan. Due to the fact that they themselves have a huge asset of foreclosed properties and liabilities of unpaid loans, they refused to grant me a loan for a foreclosed property investment. It is then that my real estate wholesaler led me to Sherman Bridge Lending to fulfil my requirement of a bridge loan in Texas.

Indeed, my experience with Sherman Bridge Lending was extremely satisfactory. Their representative went with me to assess the property. He gave me an estimate of $ 15,000 for repairs, however the after repair value was estimated at $115,000 based on the market research. After the inspections and estimates were undertaken, the loan amount sanctioned to me was $ 80,500. I was surprised to see that my loan was processed in only 4 days. On the fifth day, I was the proud owner of a foreclosed property by shelling only $ 4,500 from my pocket.

The repairs were done within 3 months and the costs worked out to $ 14,500. My property sold for a whopping $130,000.  I repaid the original loan amount of $ 80,500 coupled with $1500 in interest. My final profit after all the expenses was $ 29,000 in 3 months. Amazing indeed!

But, this could not be possible without the invaluable assistance of Sherman Bridge Lending.

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Difference between Hard and Soft Money Loans



I’ve often wondered what the differences are between hard and soft money loans. Don’t they both involve money being given on interest for a specific period of time? Then why the different terms and what do they mean?

Well, it was only after I entered the field of real estate and started dealing in properties that the difference slowly dawned on me. Now I have come to understand that soft money loans are nothing but the conventional loans offered by banks for different purposes.

But hard money loans are more complex. They are not given by banks but by private money lenders, companies or associations of people who are looking to invest their money.

Yet, you may wonder why anyone would opt to choose, a Texas private money lender rather than a conventional bank for their loan requirements. Well, this is because private money lenders are willing to lend money for purchasing and repairing distressed or foreclosure properties and even to people with a less than stellar credit history. Such scenarios would never get a loan approval in any bank! And this is why hard money loans are also known as private money loans, bridge loans or even rehab loans.

But you have to keep in mind that private money lenders in Texas will charge higher rates of interest than banks as the risk involved is higher as well!

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