J Darrin Gross
I'd like to ask you, Jay Conner, what is the biggest risk?
Jay Conner
So let me get a little clarification on that there. And so are you asking what's the biggest risk from the standpoint of the borrower or real estate investor? Or what's the biggest risk from the standpoint and perspective of the lender, the private lender?
J Darrin Gross
There's no no framing of this. It's how you choose to frame it.
Jay Conner
Well, so I'll quickly I'll quickly answer both. All right. So what's the biggest risk for you, the real estate investor, that you're borrowing money? Well, one big risk is you better know what the real value of that property is? How are you determining what the value of the property is? Well, in my case, I've been doing business with the same realtor since 2004. My realtor tells me the after repaired value of my property, so you've got to have a firm grip, and and credible way of establishing wants to value the property number two, what's the risk? You need to know? What's the maximum that you should pay for a property all cash? What's the maximum you should pay? I mean, what is your formula? Right? You know, so you need to know. And of course, I got the formula. What is the maximum you should pay for a property? What's the third risk? Who's on your team? Who is on your team? Like, I still don't do this business by myself? My team. I mean, I'm like the orchestra director. Right. So who's on my team? Well, I can't do this business without my realtor and a relationship there. I for sure can't do this business without my real estate attorney. I mean, my business is that big risk, if I don't have a good real estate attorney, I've been doing business with the same real estate attorney firm since 2003. I get my title searches in less than 24 business hours, you know, speed, you can't make money in this business and you know, in slow motion, right? So I gotta get my inform, I gotta get my title searches quickly. Thirdly, if I'm in doing rehabs, who's who's on my team, as far as my general contractors, who's getting the job done. So my biggest risk, your biggest risk is number one, who's on your team number, and the team member is gonna give you the value. And number two, you got to have the knowledge on what's the maximum that you should be offering on a property, those are the risks for you, the real estate investor and borrower. Now let's talk about the risk for the private lenders, right? Number one, the private lender, better know what kind of loan to value they're loaning on that property. Right? You got a property that's worth $300,000. But they better not be loaning $300,000 on that after repaired value. That's why we give them we're only borrowing 75% of the after repaired value. Number two, what kind of security and again, are they really getting a deed of trust or mortgage, it's recorded on public record. I mean, I'm a private lender, I don't care who my relationship is, whether I'm not borrowing unsecured funds, I want my funds secured by the mortgage or the deed of trust. Thirdly, as the borrower I want and I require to be put on the insurance policy as the mortgagee. And guess what, as the as the as the lender loaning money out. If there's a claim against a house, I want my name on that insurance check. Along with the owner of that property, as the mortgagee, I want them to have the right to sign off on that check. Before who I loaned the money to get set check, I want to be named as the lender on the title policy, I want to be protected. And here is my final word on that. And that is depending on my relationship with the borrower, I may require as the lender a personal guarantee. Okay, so you know, when I loan money out, depending on my relationship with the borrower, I may or may not require them to sign a personal guarantee. Again, that's going to come down to how well you know that person and you know, in this world of private money, I don't care how many safe safeguards you got in place. There's this thing called trust, tr ust between the borrower and between the lender and so that level of trust is going to determine as to whether I require a personal guarantee on that note or not.