Evelyn takes a hard money bridge loan from Fair View Funding in order to remodel a house to flip in Moose Pass, AK. The list price of the property is $220,000. The borrower will be required to contribute 30% of the purchase price in cash to the closing based on a 70% loan-to-value set by the lender. This makes the loan principle from Fair View Funding $154,000. The parameters of the loan dictate a 9% note for 12 months. They also stipulate a 1 point origination fee, that will also need to be paid at closing.
Therefore, Evelyn will need to make a $66,000 down payment in addition to paying a $1,540 origination fee. The monthly interest-only payments will then be $1,155 to Fair View Funding. At the expiration of the loan, she sells the rehabed property for $319,000. After deducting the $13,860 in total interest payments ($1,155 multiplied times 12 months), the $1,540 origination fee, the $154,000 principle amount on the loan, and the $66,000 she contributed to the closing, she will make a gross profit of $83,600 ($319,000 sales price minus $235,400 in total costs). This profit would then be reduced by any renovation costs paid by the borrow.