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  • Profile photo of poperrpoperr
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    @poperr
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    In selling our townhouse in Western Sydney, a company replied with the following replying. I am quite new to all of this. Is this what has been refered to as a wrap? If in my position, where wanting to get rid of a property for positive cashflow, is this the best way to go about things??…….

    If I could give an example:

    Current Property value is estimated at $245K?

    We could find a vendor finance buyer for $270,000

    Cashflow would look something like this:

    Deposit: $10,000

    FHOG: $7,000
    Balance: $253,000

    Interest 7.95%
    Term 30 YEARS

    Monthly payments into your account:
    $1898.73

    Benefits:
    – You can still draw on the equity of the property up to the value
    of no higher than $253,000 – thus reinvest in other properties.

    – Positive cashflow (money in your pocket) from day one.

    – No More rates, insurance costs (paid by you anyway)

    – Increase your income

    – Increase your leverage of your equity (makes a better case to a lender
    to allow you to utilize the equity built up in the property) as your
    serviceability (income) has increased.

    If you have had the property for 6 years (possibly paying between
    $65,000-$100,000) then I would estimate you have either paid off the
    property or you have a very low mortgage commitment (unless you have
    drawn on the equity). This gives you a massive spread between your bank
    commitments and what the new buyer is paying, thus you become the bank.

    This is a 2-3 year strategy as we would put the paperwork together in a
    way where it is less attractive for the buyer to stay with you and will
    refinance back into the banking system.

    Profile photo of TerrywTerryw
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    @terryw
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    Hi

    yes this looks like a wrap. But the figures look a bit low. usually there is a 20% markup on the value ,this would make the vendor finance purchase price $294,000.

    Also there is usually a 2-3% spread on the interest rate, so 7.99% is a bit low.

    Sometimes you can take a higher interest rate for a lower price or the other way around.

    Since you already own the place, you don’t have to take stamp duty into account like an investor would when purchasing a property just to wrap.

    If you are wanting to sell to get positive cashflow, this may be ideal – if you can negoitate the figures up a bit.

    Terryw
    Discover Home Loans
    North Sydney
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    Terryw | Structuring Lawyers Pty Ltd / Loan Structuring Pty Ltd
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    Lawyer, Mortgage Broker and Tax Advisor (Sydney based but advising Aust wide) http://www.Structuring.com.au

    Profile photo of poperrpoperr
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    @poperr
    Join Date: 2004
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    thanks so much Terry. Not sure if it is OK to ask on the forum, but do you know of the company “We buy houses”.Do they have a good reputation?

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    @yack
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    <<<Monthly payments into your account:
    $1898.73 >>>>

    If someone can afford that much a month why would they want to do a wrap.

    If banks wont touch them, then why would you?

    Just sell the property if you cannot afford to keep it.

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    @kp
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    More ways than one to skin a cat Yack,

    Not all buyers that a “bank won’t touch” are bad risks.
    If, of the total market of buyers out there, 20% don’t qualify for bank finance for whatever reason, then that is a huge market to be tapped for vendor financing or any other creative method of achieving a sale.

    It is not always necessary to increase the interset rate margin by 2%+.
    In fact it is possible to offer vendor finance at below the market rate ( discount the interest rate) and still achieve positive cashflow….

    Like I said, more ways than one to skin a cat…

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