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Ran into a bizarre snag on refi today

Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:21 am
Posted by craynagin
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
465 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:21 am
My banker told me this in an email:

The investor that we were doing the loan through will not allow the borrower to own eight properties total. Said it was an investor rule, not Fannie Mae.

This is a $170k loan on a $425k appraisal @ 2.375%.

Anyone run into this before?
Posted by bigblake
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 1/7/21 at 12:58 am to
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This post was edited on 1/9/21 at 11:04 am
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25552 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 6:29 am to
FNMA has stricter guidelines once you have over 6 loans, I believe.

Investors have been stuck with refinances (cant sell in secondary market to FNMA because of those guidelines) so they start constructing their appetite at 8.

An investor getting stuck with a loan is a big deal.
Its nothing personal. Just business
Posted by bubbz
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
22811 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 6:59 am to
I can’t say I’m surprised, as a lender, 8 mortgages is a lot. I don’t care who you are.

Is it a little unfair if you qualify? Probably so, but I get it from a lenders perspective.
This post was edited on 1/7/21 at 7:55 am
Posted by meansonny
ATL
Member since Sep 2012
25552 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:13 am to
quote:

Is it a little unfair if you qualify? Probably so, but I get it from a lenders perspective


Nobody has a birthright to a mortgage backed by the government (better rate because it offers better liquidity for the investor). What about if you have close to 10 mortgage backed securities? Does that make the birthright a stronger case? No.

Underwriters reject loans all of the time because they fear an issue will get the loan stuck on their credit line in audit.
Posted by ItNeverRains
37069
Member since Oct 2007
25397 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:55 am to
Nope, but rules are rules. Do you trust your wife?
Posted by PUB
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2017
18108 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 10:10 am to
Great rate on an investment property
Who was the lender?
Posted by audioaxes1
Member since Jul 2019
233 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 10:14 am to
I own a number of rentals, most are free and clear and I run into such restrictions as well. Before you get to that number you should be looking into some/most/all to be owned by a LLC.
Posted by WeAreBR
Member since Oct 2020
125 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 10:29 am to
This is bizarre - Fannie guidelines are you can have up to 10 properties. Ask if the lender has access to multiple investors. The rate you got should be available with multiple investors and might be able to still go through. If you are in Louisiana, I am pulling up a rate with those numbers of 2.875%.
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
2633 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 1:14 pm to
quote:

I can’t say I’m surprised, as a lender, 8 mortgages is a lot. I don’t care who you are.


That doesn’t make sense. He didn’t say mortgage, he said own.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20395 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

will not allow the borrower to own eight properties total.


Are some of them not in an LLC? If they are in a different LLC I don't see the issue here?

Just to be clear, you said own but do they all have mortgages?

Your other option is to cash out refinance some of them to pay off 1-2. Keep the same amount of money loaned but fewer loans.
Posted by craynagin
North Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
465 posts
Posted on 1/7/21 at 9:27 pm to
Own, not mortgaged.

Have one commercial property mortgaged, two others free and clear. Trying to refi home mortgage now, they quoted 2.375 and one point.

The lender said it was the number of properties I owned (per tax roll) that caused the issue.

Hope it works out. We'll see...
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
20395 posts
Posted on 1/8/21 at 7:45 am to
They are all in your name? Or all owned by the same LLC? You can fairly easily place them in multiple LLC’s and remove this issue.
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