I was googling info on USA property investment loans for foreign nationals and noticed this thread was pretty out of date! I wanted to revive it and provide some updated advice for people who stumbled here but are really looking for current info. So…
As you can read; two years ago there were challenges for foreigners obtaining finance in the USA, these days (Dec 2013) it's pretty easy to be honest.
While there are still plenty of options for financing through private lenders, hard money lenders, vendor financing, etc (typically referred to as "non-bank" loans). It's quite easy to get financing in all 50 states through regular old banks at terms not far off what is offered to US locals. Expect to put down a sightly high 25%-50% downpayment, but otherwise the rates will be decent a 4-5% or so and the term length 10-30 years.
Rates on the 30 year fixed rate mortgage dropped since the GFC to a low of around 3.3% in the middle of the year (2013) but have been rising over the last 6 months or so. You can see a nice graph of this here http://www.barchart.com/economy/mortgageallrates.php No guarantees what will happen in the future, but lots of smart investors are betting on higher rates going forward.
Thanks Ben,
There are quite a few lending options now available in the US for foreign nationals through different sources.
I wonder if ths would work… A nominee that is state side is included as a non owning member of the LLC and then gets the checking account. after a little time. this person resign's from the LLC and is taken off the the bank accounts signature card.. this happens all the time when business are sold or people come and go.. there by leaving the aussie investor as sole owner and only one on the account… Just spit ballin here
Hi Jay,
We looked into this option.
I was going to be the nominee. I got advised by our attorney not to do so as I could be exposed to issues later down the track if the LLC was to have any lawsuits.
That exact thing happened to our group on 2 separate occasions. Its just a matter of moving all account to the new bank. Where there is a will there is a way and where one door closes another opens. We found that most of our investors feel most comfortable when they and only they have complete access to their accounts.
There sure are some great numbers in KC.
There are many flooding to Ohio at the moment also.
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