Bad Credit Loan
A bad credit loan is a loan with higher interest rates because the lender is at greater risk of default. If you are purchasing real estate and shopping for a loan, it might be better to raise your credit score first otherwise your rates might be too high, something you can’t afford in today’s tight market.
Credit is everything in commercial real estate financing. Gone are the days when you just needed equity. In those days everyone was betting values would climb and vacancies would stay low. Now, lenders are taking a more conservative approach to their lending practices and many are demanding credit scores above 700. This is in addition to 40% equity positions.
An owner occupied property has a much better chance of getting funded than an investment property. Why? the reason is that the lender has greater confidence that the borrower has more skin in the game. This means a business owner who occupies his property is far less likely to walk away from the investment than an absentee owner. This is obvious, the business owner has more at stake. If he walks his business is normally in trouble too.

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