Thursday, April 30, 2009

Finding the Financing Owner

Financing owner is a person from whom a buyer can borrow the money in case, when part or all of the purchase price will become less the payment fixed by the seller. Sometimes it is also done when buyer cannot qualify for a bank loan for the full amount.

The biggest benefit of owner financing is that it can be simple. The buyer makes a down payment and the seller provides the first mortgage to the buyer. The repayment terms can be negotiated between the buyer and seller in order to make the transaction work. It is difficult to find an owner that's not so full of his own swagger. There is a strategy that you might employ while finding a financing owner, especially if, first, you're looking to buy a home to live in with your family, and second, you've been in your community for a long time.

There can be several advantages to owner financing because many owners simply like the idea that they can receive a monthly income from a property even after they have sold it. The financing owner can charge the buyer interest on the money that the owner is lending to the buyer. For starters if the owner is financing all of a sale then a borrower does not have to qualify for a loan at a traditional financial institution. Even if the seller only finances a portion of the loan the borrower benefits by having to qualify for a smaller loan from a traditional mortgage source.

When offering owner financing, you eliminate some of the stiff requirements, the financial obligation of paying for the home or business is really no problem for a large number of buyers. These are the people you should be selling to, yet the banks are the barrier standing in the way. Owner financing blasts away that barrier.