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156: Rookie Reply: What’s The BEST Vacation Rental Loan?

Real Estate Rookie

BiggerPockets

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🗓️ 12 February 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

This week’s question comes from Xavier through Ashley’s Instagram direct messages. Xavier is asking: Can I use an FHA loan for a vacation rental? What’s the best way to scale without paying high down payments? Xavier brings up a great question that many rookies have been asking. We all know we can get a conventional loan with very low down payment requirements for an owner-occupied investment like a house hack, but what about a vacation rental? Before you bombard your mortgage lender with questions, listen to what Tony (short-term rental expert) has been using for his vacation rental financing. Here are some suggestions: Look into vacation home loans, you can secure a property with only ten percent down  Find a lender who’s familiar with funding vacation rentals, this will save you a lot of time Understand the geographical limitations that come with vacation home loans Make sure you’re able to use your vacation rental property for personal use at some point in the year And more in the episode… If you want Ashley and Tony to answer a real estate question, you can post in the Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group! Or, call us at the Rookie Request Line (1-888-5-ROOKIE). Links from the Show Real Estate Rookie Rookie Facebook Group Real Estate Rookie Youtube Channel Real Estate Robinsons Youtube Channel How to Buy a Short Term Rental with Only 10% Down BiggerPockets Check the full show notes here: https://www.biggerpockets.com/rookie156 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Real Estate Rookie Episode 156.

0:08.4

My name is Ashley Care, and I am here with my co-host, Tony Robinson, for another Rookie reply.

0:15.0

And welcome to the Real Estate Rookie podcast where every week, twice a week,

0:19.3

we bring you the motivation, the inspiration, and we answer your questions about getting started

0:24.0

in the world of real estate investing. So whether you're a rookie, whether you're seasoned,

0:27.2

we hope you get some value from today's show and every show that we put out.

0:30.0

So Tony, what's new with you today?

0:31.9

Things are actually going pretty good. We're off to a pretty good start for the new year.

0:35.1

We've got two different rehabs that are in progress right now.

0:38.8

Well, technically three, one's done, we're waiting to sell, but anyway, we've got two that are

0:41.6

like in the middle of a being rehabbed and super excited for how those ones are going to turn out.

0:46.4

One of them is so nice that we're almost contemplating not selling it because we're so

0:50.3

emotionally now invested into this property. So that's going well. And then I actually just submitted

0:55.7

an L.O.I. today on a 33-unit motel. So we'll see how that one turns out.

1:01.1

I'm so excited for you on that one. I know you've been looking for motel for a while to kind of

1:06.0

turn into a little Airbnb for the different rooms. So I can't wait to hear what happens at that.

1:12.7

Yeah, hopefully it comes back. The seller's kind of being out of here. He's being a tough

1:17.2

negotiator, I'll say. So we'll see what it comes back to be. But what's new on your site?

1:22.4

Well, I finally closed on a property yesterday. Oh, man, has it been five years already?

1:28.1

I have so much stuff underconjected. Nothing's closing. So finally,

1:32.9

close on, it's a little a-frame cabin with three acres and we're just going to turn it into a

1:39.2

short-term rental. So we have a lot of rehab to do it, but it's such a, it's only like 700 square feet.

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