the HELOC shouldn’t count as a mortgage itself, so this is your 5th mortgage, you will need to go to a mortgage broker that deals with investors. In mortgages 5-10 you will have to show reserves of 6 months PITI for all rental properties, mid score 720,
Many lenders don’t do the 5-10 properties, I think just because they are a lot of trouble because your dealing with rental properties, tax returns, etc, and they don’t make any more than on a ‘standard’ 1-4 mortgage
Im still looking for refinancing my Sacramento 4-plex with cash out option. So far I had no luck but I heard a rumor that lending process is starting to get better and better… I had a lender who was willing to refinance but ONLY if I bought property in last 6 month. I bought mine in 2010 and he said “no”. Any advise?
I don’t understand someone that won’t do it unless you bought it in the last 6 months, normally its the other way around, you have to hold the property for a certain period of time before they will let you finance based on appraisal and not what you paid for it