Episode 26: Getting Started With DSCR Loans for Your Real Estate Business (ft. Derik Young)
Summary
TLDRThis video features a comprehensive discussion on DSCR loans, hard money loans, rate and term type loans, and the BRRR strategy for real estate investment. Guest Derek Young from Vont, a leading DSCR lender in the U.S., sheds light on his role, the workings of DSCR loans, and the prerequisites for borrowers, including experience, credit score, and liquidity. The video covers the importance of borrower responsiveness, loan terms, interest rates, and strategies for refinancing and leveraging debt to grow investment portfolios. It concludes with insights into the operational aspects of securing loans for real estate investment, emphasizing the value of being well-prepared and proactive in the process.
Takeaways
- π° DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) loans are designed for real estate investors, where the rental income from the property is used to qualify for the loan, rather than the borrower's personal income.
- π DSCR loans are offered for 1-10 unit residential investment properties, not commercial properties.
- β The lender in the video was able to close a loan in just 4.5 working days, highlighting their ability to work quickly.
- π» DSCR loan requirements typically include owning at least one rental property or a primary residence, and a minimum credit score of 660.
- π° Borrowers need to show liquidity, usually 20% down payment plus reserves for closing costs and a few months of interest payments.
- π DSCR loans offer 30-year terms, with options for fixed rates, interest-only periods, and varying prepayment penalties.
- π Current DSCR loan rates range from high 6% to mid 8%, depending on credit score and loan-to-value ratio.
- π The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy can be employed with DSCR loans, allowing investors to recoup their initial investment and move on to the next project.
- π³ DSCR loans are business purpose mortgages and do not impact the borrower's personal debt-to-income ratio or get reported to credit bureaus.
- π A hard credit pull is required for DSCR loans, but it is valid for 3 months, allowing for multiple loan applications within that timeframe.
Q & A
What is a DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) loan?
-A DSCR loan is a loan where the lender underwrites the deal based on the property's cash flow. They look at the rental income and ensure it exceeds the monthly expenses like principal, interest, taxes, and insurance. The goal is to ensure the property cash flows from day one.
What experience is required to qualify for a DSCR loan?
-To qualify for a DSCR loan, you typically need to either own one or two other rental properties or your primary home. The lender wants to ensure you have some real estate experience. For new investors, they may offer bridge loans or hard money loans instead.
What is liquidity, and how is it measured for a DSCR loan?
-Liquidity refers to the cash reserves you have available. For a DSCR loan, you typically need 20% of the purchase price as a down payment, plus funds to cover closing costs and 3-6 months of interest payments. This demonstrates you have 'skin in the game' and can cover expenses until the property cash flows.
What are typical interest rates and loan terms for DSCR loans?
-DSCR loans are typically 30-year loans with fixed rate or interest-only options. Rates can range from the high 6% to mid 8% range, depending on factors like credit score and leverage (loan-to-value ratio). Prepayment penalties may apply for a period of up to 5 years.
Can you explain the 'BRRRR' (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy in relation to DSCR loans?
-The BRRRR strategy involves buying a property, renovating it, getting a tenant, and then refinancing into a long-term DSCR loan to recover your initial investment. This allows you to use that capital to repeat the process with another property.
How soon after purchasing a property can you do a cash-out refinance with a DSCR loan?
-To do a cash-out refinance with a DSCR loan, where you pull equity out of the property, you typically need to have owned the property for at least 6 months.
Can you explain the 'rate and term' refinance option mentioned?
-A 'rate and term' refinance allows you to refinance up to 100% of your total cost basis (purchase price plus renovation costs) into a new DSCR loan after just 3 months of ownership, without taking any cash out. This helps you recover your capital to redeploy into another deal.
Do DSCR loans impact your personal debt-to-income ratio or credit?
-No, DSCR loans are considered business purpose mortgages and do not impact your personal debt-to-income ratio or get reported to credit bureaus. However, the lender will still check your credit score during the approval process.
How responsive do borrowers need to be during the DSCR loan underwriting process?
-Borrowers need to be highly responsive during the 10-15 day underwriting process, providing requested documentation and information promptly. Lack of responsiveness can delay or jeopardize the loan closing.
What is the maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio for a DSCR loan?
-The maximum LTV for a DSCR loan is typically 80% of the purchase price or the property's value.
Outlines
π€ Introduction and Background
This paragraph introduces the video topic, which is about discussing various loan products offered by Vontive.com, a major DSCR lender. It sets up an interview with Derek Young, who manages the lending advisor team at Vontive.com. Derek's role is to evaluate deals submitted by investors, answer inquiries, and help investors leverage financing options to grow their real estate portfolios. The focus is on 1-10 unit residential investment properties, and Vontive.com offers loan products for different investment strategies such as acquisitions, refinances, renovations, turnkey rentals, and short-term rentals.
β‘ Seamless and Efficient Loan Closing Experience
The host, James, shares a testimony about working with Derek and his team at Vontive.com. They recently closed a deal in just four and a half working days, an impressive feat for an institutional lender. James emphasizes the importance of being responsive and having documents in order when working with institutional lenders. He advises listeners that if they plan to work with such lenders, they need to be prepared to provide requested information promptly, line up insurance, and be readily available during the 10-15 day loan process. Derek confirms that the borrower's responsiveness played a crucial role in their ability to close the deal quickly.
π DSCR Loan Details and Requirements
This paragraph delves into the specifics of DSCR (Debt Service Coverage Ratio) loans. Derek explains that these loans are based on the property's cash flow, with lenders evaluating the rental income and monthly expenses to ensure the income exceeds the expenses. The goal is to lend up to 80% of the purchase price while ensuring the property is cash-flowing from day one. To qualify for a DSCR loan with Vontive.com, borrowers need to either own 1-2 rental properties or their primary residence, have a credit score ideally above 660, and demonstrate liquidity by having cash reserves for the down payment, closing costs, and 3-6 months of interest payments.
π Loan Terms, Rates, and Birth Strategy
This paragraph discusses the loan terms, rates, and the Birth Strategy for DSCR loans. DSCR loans from Vontive.com have a 30-year term with fixed-rate or interest-only options. Rates currently range from the high 6% to mid 8% range, depending on credit score and leverage. Prepayment penalties of up to 5 years are available for a lower rate. The Birth Strategy involves refinancing a property after holding it for a minimum period to recoup the initial investment and move on to a new deal. For cash-out refinances, a 6-month holding period is required, while rate-and-term refinances (100% of total cost basis) can be done after 3 months with an 80% LTV. This allows investors to execute the Birth Strategy effectively.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘DSCR Loan
π‘Hard Money Loan
π‘Rate and Term Refinance
π‘BRRRR Strategy
π‘Liquidity
π‘Loan-to-Value (LTV) Ratio
π‘Prepayment Penalty
π‘Debt-to-Income Ratio
π‘Credit Score
π‘Business-Purpose Mortgage
Highlights
Derek Young runs the lending advisor team at Vantloan, a major DSCR (debt service coverage ratio) lender in the country, helping real estate investors leverage debt to grow their portfolios.
Vantloan focuses on providing financing for 1-10 unit residential investment properties, offering loan products for different investment strategies like buy-and-renovate, turnkey rentals, cash-out refinances, and short-term rentals.
Derek shares a testimony of closing a loan in just 4.5 working days, highlighting Vantloan's ability to execute quickly and the importance of being responsive as a borrower.
DSCR loans are underwritten based on the property's cash flow, ensuring the rental income exceeds the monthly expenses (principal, interest, taxes, and insurance).
To qualify for a DSCR loan, borrowers typically need to own at least one rental property or their primary residence, have a credit score above 660, and demonstrate liquidity (20% down payment, closing costs, and 3-6 months of interest payments in reserves).
Vantloan's DSCR loans are 30-year loans with fixed-rate or interest-only options, and prepayment penalties ranging from 0 to 5 years.
The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) strategy involves refinancing the property after 6 months to get the initial investment back and continue with the next deal.
Vantloan offers a rate-and-term refinance product, allowing borrowers to refinance at 100% of their total cost basis after 3 months, with an 80% loan-to-value ratio.
DSCR loans are business-purpose mortgages that do not affect the borrower's personal debt-to-income ratio and are not reported to credit bureaus.
Vantloan does pull credit scores and perform a hard credit check during the application process, but the credit report is valid for 3 months.
Vantloan provides multiple loan offers with various rate, point, and prepayment penalty options, allowing investors to choose the best fit for their investment strategy.
The importance of being responsive and providing required documentation promptly is emphasized for a smooth and timely loan closing process.
Interest rates for DSCR loans range from high 6% to mid 8%, depending on credit score and loan-to-value ratio.
Lower interest rates in the 6% range make the BRRRR strategy more feasible by ensuring the monthly payment is less than the rental income.
The transcript provides an overview of DSCR loans, their requirements, and how they can be used in real estate investment strategies.
Transcripts
today we're gonna talk about dscr loans
we're going to talk about hard money
loans we're going to talk about maybe
rate and term type loans we're going to
talk about the burth strategy how to get
qualified with the dscr lender we've got
Derek Young on from vont one of the
major dscr lenders in the country really
they have a a a brand called my investor
loan.com I've done several deals with
Derek directly and we're actually
working on some new stuff now we're
working on some rate and term type uh
loans for the birth strategy so let's
just give yourself an introduction who
you are what you do I already said who
you work for but what do you actually do
yeah so I'm Derek young uh what my kind
of primary job is is running the you
know inside sales team which is what we
call internally but externally when we
talk to investors we're called lending
advisors so you know I run the team of
lending advisors and then um I'm kind
kind of a lending adviser myself where
we're talking to investors all over the
country we're uh evaluating their deals
that they submit to us via our online
portal we're answering incoming calls
emails having conversations with them
about their investment strategy And
discussing you know our different
financing options with them how we can
help them grow and uh leverage debt to
you know exponentially grow their
portfolio without always having to use
cash out of their pocket or or raising
private money um so that's kind of our
our day-to-day job is really helping you
know real investors leverage um you know
Financial products that are built for
real estate investment strategies and
then um you know apply those financial
products to you know maybe Acquisitions
refinances um you know different things
that the investors is looking at and
really what we're focused on in terms of
our buy box uh we're focused on one to
10 unit residential investment
properties so not really commercial
deals you know no Five Guys buildings
things like that just 1 to 10 unit
residential investment properties if
you're buying and renovating the
property we have loan products for that
if you're buying a turnkey rental we
have loan products for that if you own
uh rental properties that you want to
cash out some Equity so that you can uh
acquire more rental properties we have
loan products for that um and then we
have some cool like bank statement loan
products and different things for you
know different strategies like
short-term rentals or things like that
so let me give a testimony first of all
to Dereck and his team because we
recently had a hell of a deal in laughy
yet and it was a requirement though that
to get this great deal we had to close
on it in a
week and I had a private money lender
lined up but they were out of the
country I called Derek and I was like
dude I got a really good
deal but we got to close on it next week
man and it was Friday it was a Friday at
like lunch I I got to give a shout out
to these guys we closed on that deal the
next Thursday at 4M we closed on like
super amazing almost unheard of in The
Lending industry to have a
legit institutional lender close on a
loan in literally four and a half
working
days like fantastic dude like what a
what a great story yeah that was really
fun James I'm glad we you gave us the
opportunity to see if we could execute
for you and uh I'm glad it worked out
and part of it too you know we we have
to get our in a row but then you know
the client or the borrower you know you
had your your uh all your documents in
order you were very responsive and you
made it uh really easy on our end to to
get everything needed to get the get it
closed so that was really helpful and
your Title and Insurance were were great
as well I remember trying to do loans
early in my career right and I was out
like literally working on Flipping my
like with my own hands you know and you
know I'm trying to do hard money Lawns
and stuff I'm laying tile I'm on a roof
doing a roof repair and I never could
get these deals done I never could get
them done but it's because I wasn't
responsive it's because I wasn't
responsive so I'm telling our you know
listeners this if you are going to get
Al with an Institutional lender like
you've got to be prepared that the next
10 to to 15 days or so like you've got
to deal with this
they're going to be sending you a lot of
questions information you've got to line
up lining up your insurance all the
things like you can't send in a loan
application and take a trip to Jamaica
it's not going to happen Derek can't do
his job without us as a counterpart
being right there as a team together is
that right that's exactly right yeah we
need you on the other side I mean part
of our loan process is um you know after
we give you some Loan offers and
evaluate the deal as you know there's
like tasks and borrower tasks that we
need and information that we collect up
front ideally we can collect as much
information up front as possible to to
get things going but there is going to
be things that pop up throughout the
underwriting process even if it's a
4-day underwriting process and we're
going to need you to be on your toes and
get that documentation over to us
especially if you're trying to close
quick so that was you know you're
hitting the nail on the head thank you
so much all right so let's go through a
couple of these products without getting
too deep in the woods but a big
overview so we give a good explanation
of what these products are so what is a
dscr loan what is it used
for yeah so a dscr loan stands for a
debt service coverage ratio loan and
really what that means is the way that A
lender is underwriting that deal so that
the way that they're ensuring that
they're going to get paid back on the
loan is they're looking at um or we are
looking at the property's cash flow so
we're looking at the rental income of
the property if it's current currently
leased or if it's not leased what the
market rents are and then we're doing a
calculation of what's that rental income
and then what are your monthly expenses
so what is your principal and interest
payment what is your monthly tax payment
what is your monthly insurance payment
and does that rental income exceed those
monthly expenses and that's how we
calculate kind of your max loan amount
and we're lending up to 80% of your
purchase price but we want as a lender
want to make sure that that property is
Cash flowing so that you're not
underwater from day one you have a
property that's that's making you money
um so that's where the debt service
coverage ratio comes into play and
really we like to do deals where the
debt service coverage ratio is above one
which basically just means you you have
more rental income than what your
monthly expenses
are yeah
so what kind of experience does a person
need to have to get approved for a dscr
loan if they deal makes sense to fit the
requirements yeah right now with my
investor loan we need need you to either
own one or two other rental properties
or own your primary home so we don't
want to uh we're not giving loans to
investors that don't own any any real
estate um right now for dscr loans if
they're doing a Fix and Flip or a bridge
loan we'll do those for brand new
investors you don't have to own a
property but for a dscr loan we just
want to make sure that you have a rental
property and that your credit score is
ideally above 660 uh and if not you know
there's a lot of people that are really
good investors maybe they don't have a
good credit score they just get a credit
partner they create an LLC together and
then that credit partner becomes a
sponsor of the deal um so there's
definitely a little workarounds and ways
to to get deals done but really your
credit score and then your you know
owning a property yes they're going to
have to have some experience for a dscr
loan but you tapped into maybe not so
much with a bridge loan or hard money
loan you could be brand new but so
another thing that I want to make sure
not just experience is needed for a dscr
loan but also some liquidity so talk
about that a little bit how what is
liquidity first and then how how is it
measured yeah it's a good qu it's a good
point so my investor loan is not going
to be lending to 100% of your purchase
price we want to see the investor have
some skin in the game so we're lending
you know 80% of your purchase price is
the max so you need
20% of the down payment um 20% the
purchase price is a down payment uh in
liquidity and then also the way that we
look at liquidity is basically cash
reserves do you have money for the down
payment do you have money for the
closing cost because there's going to be
some closing costs and then do you have
three to six months of interest payments
lined up in your uh in reserves so that
you know you can make your monthly
payments because maybe a lot of times
people are buying properties that are
Unleased so they're not going to start
cash flowing right away they need to get
a renter in there so we want to make
sure that you have some money to make
your monthly payments uh and that you're
not going to um you know be underwater
from uh day one so that's what we look
for in liquidity it's basically just
cash reserves so it's your bank account
a savings account Equity accounts uh
maybe you cash out a HELOC um things
like that yeah so that's like you know
on a $100,000 loan that's going to have
a rental property I mean a rental value
of like you know $1,200 a month I mean
you talking probably need to be able to
show2 30 Grand in liquid in that exactly
yeah exactly your down payment might be
you know 15 to 20K but we're going to
want to see that you have 25 to 30 as I
said to to make some of these monthly
payments so that means listeners that
means in a savings account in a checking
account or in something that can be
turned in liquid very quickly a credit a
line of credit doesn't apply or does it
if you cash out that line of credit if
you cash out that HELOC we will we will
count it as cash but not not just just
the line of credit itself right so if
you have a line of credit you've got to
take the the you got to take it out put
it in your account and what we're seeing
a lot of investors do that have a couple
properties is they're doing cash out
refinances on their properties using
that cash to get the liquidity that they
need because they don't have it sitting
there and that's what they're using for
the down payment on on their property or
on their next purchase right so um as
far as the dscr market what right now is
kind of a average uh both length of the
term of the loan and interest rate yeah
it's a good question so our debt service
code ratio loans or dscr loans they're
30-year loans we have fixed rate options
um which means you know just kind of
standard principal interest payments
over those 30 years we also have some
interest only options where maybe the
first five or seven years are interest
only payments uh and then the rate
adjusts after that um in terms of uh
there's also some prepayment penalties
that might be you know interesting to
talk about uh most most 30-year loans
are going to have a prepayment penalty
we give the investor the option to have
a zeroy year pre-payment penalty or five
up to fiveyear prepayment penalty yeah
the longer the prepayment penalty the
lower the rate um so there's some
correlation there uh and then in regard
to what the rates are our rates actually
just went down yesterday so we're seeing
rates anywhere from like the high sixes
to the mid 8s depending on your credit
score depending on how much leverage you
take meaning if you're taking 80% of the
purchase price your rate's going to be a
bit higher than if you're taking 60% of
the purchase price so we're getting
we're getting closer to the realm of
where you can bur a property exactly if
in the low sixes you can usually bur
still so um the bir strategy is where
you're basically going to put your money
into the deal get the asset or the
property uh where it is a I call it a
functioning asset but that's there's
probably a better name but basically
where you have the property with a
tenant in it and you can show a little
bit of rental history and you can
refinance the property and get your
money back out of the deal the problem
with trying to do that when interest
rates are above 8% is that on most
typical deals your monthly payment is
going to be as much or more than the
rent rate
but once you get down into the
sixes you can do some deals you can get
back we could get back into doing the
birth strategy again and you can even do
a cash out refi how long do you have to
hold the property Derek nowadays to do a
cash out refi if you have debt on the
property uh to do a cash out refi we
want to see that you've had it for six
months so there's another strategy where
you could do a rate and term refi which
is different than a cash out you're not
getting any cash but you're trying to
get all of your bases back out of it so
so the purchase price and all the money
you put into it you're just trying to
get that back out so you can go do
another deal and you're not making any
money but now you've got your money back
you could go do another deal and now
that thing is renting that's a different
uh way to refinance how long do you have
to wait for a rate in term we can do a
rate and term refinance at 100% of your
total cost basis which is what you're
describing uh after 3 months
after you purchase the property 100% of
your total costs are is there
LTV there is an LTV 80% 80% loan to
value on a rate in term okay that's
pretty good that's a good product you
really can still do the burst strategy
is long as you're buying a good deal or
you set on a deal long enough where
you've built up some Equity but I mean
80% loan to value is pretty sweet so I
love it I love it that's one of our most
popular products and yeah we help
investors acquire the property renovate
it and then they come back to us and
refinance into a long-term loan and then
they go do it again so with that rate
and term uh product what's the length of
those or is that is that a 30-year
mortgage as well yeah all dscr loans are
the 30-year loans um with some sort of
prepayment penalty uh aligned in there
and um you know as a my investor and our
strategy is to give you many different
Loan offers so that you can run your
numbers crunch your numbers and then
choose maybe the offer that's best for
you whether you want to pay more points
up front for a lower rate whether you
want a higher prepayment penalty for a
lower rate whatever it might be we give
you a lot of options because we know you
know investors have their their
spreadsheets that they're doing their
numbers and uh we want to give as much
information to you as possible man you
guys are killing it dude you guys are
really doing a good job um love it love
it can I add one more thing um even
though they're 30-year loans uh these
are business purpose mortgages we're
only doing loans for real estate
investment property so they're not going
to go against your personal debt to
income ratio and we don't report them to
the credit bureau so you could have 10
loans out you know with a my investor
loan and it's not going to negatively
affect your personal personal debt right
however we should say you guys do pull
credit Pace in the early days would say
that you it don't matter what your
credit is you can go get a dscr loan
that's not true we do look at your
credit score and we do do a hard credit
pool and that hard credit pool is good
for three months yeah so I could still
borrow money from the last time you did
my credit poll because that was like
just a month ago or so exactly sweet all
right so guys um that is a great way to
hold your rentals or refinance keep your
money
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