Loan Objection Deadline

Complete the "Loan Objection Deadline" checklist:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/loan-objection-deadline/

Your Lender will undoubtedly want a plethora of financial documents.

Mark this task complete once you've provided them all to your Lender.

In all but a small number of cases, we recommend fixed-rate 30 year mortgages for Nomads.

However, there are two situations we'd consider ARMs.

First, if you're buying the property and are 100% positive you're going to be putting a Tenant-Buyer in the property and you will be out of the property before the mortgage will adjust, then you can consider using an ARM.

Second, if you're buying the property with partners and the only loan you can get with the partnership is an ARM then you can also consider an ARM. However, in this case you probably should be putting a Tenant-Buyer in the property so it probably still falls under the first reason above.

Interest rates for ARMs (Adjustable Rate Mortgages) tend to be a little lower than the interest rates on fixed-rate 30 year mortgages. But the ARM interest rates can adjust over time causing much higher monthly payments and significant negative cash flow after the interest rate adjusts. This adds additional risk that you could have opted not to take on.

Mark this task as complete if you have decided to get fixed-rate mortgage or an ARM.

Often for Nomads it is better to pay a one-time up front PMI (Private Mortgage Insurance) payment instead of monthly PMI on their loans.

This may mean coming to Closing with a little more cash.

Sometimes it means voluntarily raising your interest rate with your Lender to get a credit to pay for some or all of the up-front PMI.

Discuss these two scenarios with your Lender to see which one makes more sense to you.

Mark this task complete once you've discussed this with your Lender and decided which you'll pick.

Talk to your Lender to see if buying down your interest rate makes sense in your specific situation.

Sometimes, especially if you have extra cash and you plan to hold the property for a long time, it makes sense to pay additional points to get a lower interest rate.

Mark this task complete once you've talked to your Lender about these options, analyzed them yourself and decided to buy down your interest rate or not.

Sometimes if you have extra cash for down payment it might make sense to increase down payment.

We often consider this as an alternative to to paying up-front PMI or buying down the interest rate. If we're putting less than 20% down, one way to lower our monthly payment is to put more down to get rid of PMI instead of paying the PMI up-front.

Mark this task as complete when you've talked to your Lender about using a larger down payment and decided whether you will or not.