Investor
Pay Option ARMs
Dear
Real
Estate Investor,
Have
you heard about all the bad press about Cash
Flow ARMs, Pay Option ARM, Smart Loansand
all the other variations of loans with negative amortization? A lot of
it is warranted! This loan is a tool and just like any tool, there is a
right way to use it and a wrong way!
Most
people that get Pay Option ARMs do it
simply to get a lower payment on the house that they live. They
couldn't afford it any other way. They finance the house to the hilt
and suddenly they get upside down!
Using
Pay Option ARMs
are a good choice when your home is seeing good appreciation (5% or
more) because this type of loan has the ability for negative
amortization (the loan balance can actually increase over time). In
this case the amount of appreciation will easily out pace any increase
in the loan balance.
Pay
Option ARMs
are good for property that you are financing under 90% of the value. In
fast appreciating markets you can get away with a higher amount but
leaving 10% equity in the house is bare minimum. Why? Well, If you sell
the house through traditional means, your selling cost could be
anywhere from 9-15% of the sales price! No one likes the idea of having
to come out of pocket to get rid of a house! You want to make money!
We
have found the ultimate use for Pay Option ARMs!
How
did I find out? Well, I am an investor, too! In trying to maximize the
income on my own property, I gave it a shot. I put a Pay
Option ARM on one of my houses and HOLY. . . I'll show
you an example in a second. But first, I have a few questions for you.
Do
you own investment property? Do you plan on holding on to it for 3
years or less? Do you have at least 20% equity or are you putting at
least 10% down on a purchase?
You
may want to take a serious look at using a Pay Option ARM.
We already discussed basic ideas about appreciation, but let's look at
an example of how this type of mortgage can send your cash flow through
the roof!
Let's
say you have a duplex worth $200,000. You currently owe about $140,000
and you are paying 7% for a P&I (principle and interest)
payment of
$931.42. We will assume that the T&I (taxes and insurance) is
approximately $500 a month and that you get about $1800 a month in
rent. This gives you gross cash flow of $368.58. Not bad.
Now
let’s look at this same example using a Pay
Option ARM!
Using that same loan amount with a payment based on 1% gives you a
payment of $450.30! When adding in the taxes and insurance, your cash
flow jumps to $849.70!!! You have just DOUBLED your income on this
property! Actually MORE than Doubled!!!
This
is a simple example but is shows the power in using Pay
Option ARMs! If you refinanced 4 property similar to
this, you could add almost $2000 to your monthly income! How much of a
difference would that make to your business?
In
addition to the extra cash flow they you will get look at some of these
other benefits:
- If you have a vacancy, how would it feel to
know that your holding cost during that time is 33%, or more, less than
what it was before?
- If
you have a repair that pops up out of the blue, as they always do, how
would you feel knowing that the expense won't kill most, if not all, of
your profit on the property for the YEAR?
How
would you feel once you knew that you had the cash flow cushion to be
able to hire a professional manager to take over day to day operations
while you spend more time finding more deals?
The
possibilities are endless!
I
am not even going to mention the tax benefits! ;-)

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