1099-only Loan Vs DSCR HELOC
Compare a 1099-only loan vs DSCR HELOC to see which fits your rental. Lendmire explains who each option suits and what each file needs.
Compare a 1099-only loan vs DSCR HELOC to see which fits your rental. Lendmire explains who each option suits and what each file needs.
Underwriting centers on the property, the renovation plan, and the after-repair value — not your tax returns.
What changes isn’t the unit itself, it’s the building around it. A single-family house has one owner, one title, one set of liens.
Terms run 6-18 months, interest-only, with no prepayment penalty.
Underwriting looks at purchase price, rehab scope, and after-repair value first, and the borrower’s file second.
A standalone HELOC underwrites your personal credit and income. A DSCR cash-out refinance underwrites the property’s rent.
– The investment-property equity line caps at 70% CLTV and a $500,000 program ceiling, regardless of whether the borrower’s credit sits at 700 or 720.
It exists because five-plus unit buildings get appraised and underwritten differently than a duplex or fourplex the moment they cross that unit-count line.
What beginners usually mean is no extra personal collateral stacked on top of the deal, and that distinction changes how a file gets built from day one.
Which one wins depends on whether you’re protecting a loan you already like or trying to pull the largest check the rental will support.
Most investment property equity lines cap around 70% combined loan-to-value, run a five-year draw period, and require roughly a 700 credit score.
Non-warrantable condo projects are eligible on some wholesale programs, which is the opposite of what conventional bank underwriting assumes.
The line is sized off the borrower’s credit and debt-to-income, never the rent the property collects.
It’s a fundamentally different underwriting path than a DSCR loan, which qualifies on the property’s rental income instead of your personal file.
This guide walks through both, where short-term rental income gets treated differently than a standard lease, and where the general rule breaks.