Seller financing is preferable to conventional financing
because it allows you and the seller to negotiate the terms.
With this type of financing you don't have to be bound to
strict underwriting guidelines and regulations as you
commonly are with traditional loans originated through a
bank or mortgage company.
You will generally still be required to give the seller a
down payment, make monthly installments on the loan and
have to pay interest; but it can be a good way to avoid
conventional guidelines, especially if you have credit
problems.
It can also save you a few bucks because you won't be
required to pay a loan origination fee and you won't be
subject to an appraisal and inspection as you would with
conventional financing.
Seller financing can work a couple of different ways. With
both strategies you're going to negotiate a final sales
price with the homeowner and then agree upon a monthly
payment for a specified time frame.
The difference is really in how the first mortgage is
handled if there is one. If there isn't, you simply make the
payments to the homeowner and if you default they take back
the property.
When there is a first mortgage in existence, one option is
to purchase the property through a second mortgage. In this
situation you agree to pay a specified monthly amount to
the homeowner in addition to making the payments on the
first mortgage as well.
Should you default on either one of the payments, the home
will be taken by the entity you failed to pay.
Another way to handle seller financing is with a wrap
around or deed of trust. The only difference with this
scenario is that instead of you making the payments on the
first mortgage, the seller will continue to make the
payments out of the funds you give him or her each month
for your payment.
The problem that can occur with a wrap around mortgage,
however; is it the homeowner fails to make the payments on
the first mortgage. If that should happen the lender will
take back the property and both you and the homeowner will
be out of luck. It won't matter that you've made every one
of your payments to the homeowner on time because the first
mortgage took priority over the wraparound mortgage.
In order to avoid taking this risk, you can request a
clause in the wraparound mortgage stating that should the
homeowner default on the first mortgage; you reserve the
right to make payments and thereby avoid foreclosure.
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