Sunday 11 December 2016

Jimmy Stepanian | 8-Financial Useful Ideas For Property Investors |

More American are building capital through the property market. According to the American Taxation Office, there are over 2.7 million landlords in America. The largest percentage of property investors are not high income earners with the majority falling into the $30,001 to $75,000 income bracket.



1. Decrease your credit card limits and cancel any credits card you do not use

Decreasing your credit card limit can make a large difference with how much you can borrow for your property. If you do not use any credit cards you have you may like to consider cancelling them as lenders take credit cards into account when calculating how much you can borrow regardless of whether you use these or not.

2. Consolidate personal debt

Always look for the opportunity to consolidate any personal loans which have a increasing rate of interest as these do not only cost you more in interest but also impact on your borrowing capacity. This includes any interest on store cards from a department store.

3. Use different lenders

Obedience and convenience is the important reason people continue to use the same lender to borrow money. Unfortunately this is reducing the amount that you are able to borrow and increasing your risk as one lender funding your whole portfolio results in them assessing all your properties as a whole rather than individually. By using different lenders you can always find the best deal, growing your borrowing ability and stay control of your assets.

4. Avoid Cross-Collateralising securities

This refers to providing a lender with security over more than one property. This can cause huge problems when the properties growing in value and you want to release some of the newly created equity. The lender has your assets tied up so if you want to go to another lender that is offering a better deal, the current lender may not partially discharge their mortgage to allow you to refinance the property. Furthermore, if you are having financial problems and you wish to sell part of the portfolio to solve it, the lender may call in their loans which may mean selling all the properties in a manner which may be detrimental to you.

5. Have a plan or strategy

We have all heard that saying before. Like any successful business, an investor should prepare a detailed many business plan detailing the strategy to grow their property portfolio, the finance that is required to achieve this and a cash flow analysis of how the debt and other costs are to be serviced.

6. Regularly review your security

Giving high security to lenders can greatly restrict your investment potential. As far as lenders are concerned there is never high security. Review your property values annually and have them revalued with the bank whenever there is a reasonable increase of around 6%. Over time you will be able to remove the security from your home or from one of the investment properties.

7. Have a Line of Credit or Redraw Facility

Focus on the positive thinking but be prepared for the negatives, Unfortunately too few investors take this advice. They have done nothing to ensure that their cash flow is protected if times get tough. By having a cash reserve set up properly from the start through a line of credit or redraw facility you have this buffer in place to give yourself peace of mind.

8. Have the correct loan structures in place from the start

A poorly structured loan portfolio reduces your flexibility, increases your risk profile and can create reporting and tax nightmares. A poorly structured loan portfolio reduces flexibility through cross securitisation. Increases your risk if you have not separated your home and investment lending. And will not adequately separate tax deductible and non-deductible expenses which could mean losing out on deduction.

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