Current DSCR HELOC guidelines, updated from one source.
This snapshot carries the second-lien tier with the first-lien tiers beside it: the leverage ceiling, the credit floor, the line range, the valuation threshold, and the draw and repayment periods, each read from Lendmire’s guideline source and refreshed when the program moves.
Of the rental’s value, first mortgage included
Up to 70% combined loan-to-value is the second-lien ceiling; the ladder below shows how the ceiling and the line cap change with the credit profile and the lien position, including the first-lien tiers that reach 75%.
Credit score for a second-lien line
The program floor on a line behind a first mortgage is a 720 profile; a first-lien line on a rental with no mortgage starts at 700. Higher tiers earn higher ceilings; the largest first-lien lines carry a reduced ceiling of their own.
Automated valuation on lines to $400,000
$50,000 to $500,000 is the second-lien line range; an automated valuation with a property inspection serves lines to $400,000, and a full interior appraisal applies above it. A paid-off rental on a first-lien line runs to $1,000,000.
Interest-only, then 25 years of repayment
The draw period is 5 years of interest-only payments, followed by 25 years of repayment on a 30-year maturity; the rate is variable through both periods, and later draws are at least $5,000 each.
| Credit profile | Max combined LTV | Max line | Lien position · valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 740+ | 70% | $500,000 | Second lien behind the first mortgage · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
| 720+ | 70% | $500,000 | Second lien behind the first mortgage · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
| 740+ | 75% | $500,000 | First lien on a paid-off rental · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
| 720+ | 70% | $500,000 | First lien on a paid-off rental · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
| 720+ | 65% | $750,000 | First lien on a paid-off rental · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
| 720+ | 65% | $1,000,000 | First lien on a paid-off rental · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
| 700+ | 70% | $500,000 | First lien on a paid-off rental · Automated valuation + inspection to $400,000, full interior appraisal above |
The 70% combined loan-to-value ceiling behind a first mortgage requires a 720 credit profile. A first-lien line on a paid-off rental starts at a 700 profile, reaches 75% loan-to-value at the top tier, and runs to $1,000,000 at 65% on lines above $500,000. The rent must cover the qualifying payment at 1.10 or better.
Current DSCR HELOC snapshot · updated October 29, 2026 · seven tier rows across both lien positions · variable rate through the draw and repayment periods · at least 80% of the line (and $50,000) drawn at closing · later draws from $5,000 · first or second lien position · vesting in the owner’s LLC allowed · no reserves required · 6 months of ownership before the line.
The figures on this page describe a wholesale program, not an offer of credit: they can change without notice, and the lender’s underwriting of the rental, its rent, the owner’s credit, the entity, and the title governs every file. The wholesale lender is not named here, no rate or payment is stated here, and a licensed loan officer discloses the terms, the rate, and the costs in writing. Lendmire, LLC, NMLS #2371349, brokers the line and never lends it, under consumer licences in sixteen states. Nothing here is legal or tax advice. Equal Housing Opportunity.
What a DSCR HELOC is — and how the rent sizes the line.
The mechanics are the same on every Greenwood file: the lender measures the rental’s value, subtracts the balance already secured by it, applies the ceiling for the credit tier and lien position, caps the result at the program maximum, and checks that the rent covers the qualifying payment. Four cards below walk through the parts.
For the program overview, see Lendmire’s DSCR HELOC program, or the statewide guide at DSCR HELOC in Indiana.
A line on the rental, behind the mortgage you keep
The line is a credit limit, not a check: a Greenwood landlord draws against it as deals and repairs arrive, pays interest only on the outstanding balance during the draw period, and amortizes whatever remains over the repayment period that follows.
The rent qualifies the line, not your tax returns
The rent is documented, which is why the line is never an undocumented one: the lease, three months of receipts when the lease runs above market, and the appraiser’s rent schedule. On a two-to-four-unit property one vacant unit is allowed; a single-family rental needs a lease in place.
Your credit tier sets the ceiling and the cap
Every tier the program offers is at or above the score at which its tradeline-depth rules are waived, so the tier sets the ceiling and the cap rather than the depth of the credit file. A Greenwood investor with a thin personal credit file and a strong rental is still read on the score first and the rent second.
Valuation, the lease, the LLC, and closing
The file closes on the valuation, the lease, the credit report, title, and insurance that covers both liens. Smaller second-lien lines use an ownership-and-encumbrance report instead of a full title policy; a first-lien line always takes the full policy. No reserves and no cash to close are required.
Every input is yours to change in the calculator below: the Greenwood rental’s value, the balance already secured by it, the credit tier, and the lien position. The ceiling and the cap come from the program tables for that tier and position, and the result is the room under the ceiling, capped at the program maximum.
Greenwood’s rental equity in figures — and how a line fits it.
A rental line is sized against a value, and Greenwood’s values are the context: the median says where the typical equity position sits, and the owner share says how deep the pool of long-held properties runs. Census figures below, program figures above.
Read the figures as backdrop. A high median value with a large share of owners usually means deep equity and larger lines; a market of recent purchases means thinner equity and smaller lines at the same tier. Neither changes the ceiling or the cap; they change how much of the ceiling a given rental can reach.
Data sources: U.S. Census Bureau — ACS 5-Year (2024) housing and population estimates, including tenure, home values, gross rents, and household income.
Distinct Greenwood rental neighborhoods, distinct equity pictures.
The line is sized on the property, and Greenwood’s properties differ by district: values, tenures, unit counts, and the rent the market supports. Each submarket below carries its own equity picture.
Two-to-four-unit buildings
A Greenwood fourplex brings several leases to the coverage test, so the equity, the tier, and the cap are often the binding limits instead. The leases for the occupied units document the rent, and the valuation uses the multi-unit form on the larger lines. The median owner-occupied home value in Greenwood runs near $276,100 on the latest Census estimate.
Entity-held portfolios
The entity file is the program’s reason for being in a market like Greenwood, where portfolios are held inside LLCs. Each line is a property file; the exposure limit and the guarantors’ credit are the portfolio-level checks. On a one-unit rental at Greenwood’s median home value, the second-lien ceiling puts total liens near $193,270 — the line is what remains after the first mortgage balance, and the rent must cover the qualifying payment; a paid-off rental on a first-lien line sits above the second-lien ceiling.
Condominium rentals
Condominium lines in Greenwood turn on the project review: warrantable at one ceiling, non-warrantable at a lower one, condotels not at all. The valuation reads the unit against recent unit sales in the project, and the lease carries the coverage test. About 41% of Greenwood’s households rent — roughly 10,753 renter households on the latest Census estimate.
Newer infill and recent purchases
Recent purchases in Greenwood’s infill corridors present a different file: high leverage, thin room under the ceiling, and a seasoning clock that may still be running. The program waits on the calendar, and the line is sized on what the value leaves above the balance. Greenwood is home to about 66K people and sits within the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN area.
Established close-in rentals
Long-held Greenwood rentals near the core are the program’s natural files. The seasoning clocks ran years ago, the first mortgage is small and often cheap, and the owner’s reason for a line is to keep that mortgage while reaching the equity above it. Roughly 15,662 Greenwood households own their homes on the latest Census estimate — 59% of all households, the pool a rental equity line is written for.
High-value rentals
Greenwood’s high-value rentals run into the line cap before the ceiling: a property with far more equity than the maximum line is sized at the cap, the largest lines take a full interior appraisal, and a paid-off property on a first-lien line reaches the larger cap at the reduced ceiling. Median household income in Greenwood sits near $83,608 on the latest Census estimate.
These sketches describe typical Greenwood rentals, not yours. The program tables do not vary by neighborhood; the value, the balance, the lease, and the credit tier on a specific property decide the line, and the valuation settles the value.
Four ways Greenwood landlords put a rental equity line to work.
From the next purchase to the next repair, a rental equity line answers needs that arrive on their own schedule. The four uses below are the ones Greenwood landlords bring most often; the line is sized by equity and rent, not by the use.
A standing reserve for the portfolio
Portfolio owners treat a line as the working-capital account for their Greenwood rentals: draw for the surprise, repay from the next month’s rents, draw again. The line is qualified on one property’s rent and available for all of them.
Rehab and repairs staged over months
Rehab is a classic use of a line: the budget is uncertain until the walls are open, and a revolving line absorbs the uncertainty better than a fixed lump sum. Interest accrues only on what is drawn during the draw period.
Finish a value-add before the permanent loan
The rehab-then-refinance cycle runs on capital between the purchase and the permanent loan. A DSCR HELOC on an existing Greenwood rental supplies that capital from equity already earned, qualified on that rental’s rent.
Bridge a sale, a tax bill, or a buyout
The bridge use is temporary by design: draw against the rental, repay the draw when the sale or the refund lands, and keep the line open for the next gap. The first mortgage on the Greenwood property never moves.
Estimate your Greenwood rental’s available credit line before requesting a quote.
Use the calculator to see what the Greenwood rental’s equity supports before you request a quote. Every input is editable, the tables update from Lendmire’s guideline source on the live page, and nothing here states a rate or a payment: the line is sized here and priced in writing by a licensed loan officer.
Greenwood rental available-equity calculator
The arithmetic the program uses, with your Greenwood figures: value times ceiling minus balance, capped at the maximum line for the tier.
Illustrative starting assumptions: a $275,000 rental value near Greenwood’s median owner-occupied home value and a $125,000 modeled remaining first-mortgage balance (U.S. Census Bureau). Combined loan-to-value ceilings and line caps follow the current program tables for the lien position and credit tier selected and update from Lendmire’s centralized guideline source on the live page. The rent test is the lender’s: the gross rent must cover the qualifying payment on the whole line at the program’s coverage minimum. Every field is editable.
Illustrative estimate only — not a credit decision, approval, quote, or commitment to lend. The actual line amount, combined loan-to-value, and eligibility depend on the automated valuation or appraisal, the lease and the rent, the credit profile, the vesting, documentation, and full underwriting by the selected wholesale lender; the rate, the payment, and any costs are provided in writing by a licensed loan officer. Minimum score, line-size, coverage, and draw requirements follow the current program snapshot shown on this page. Licensed in sixteen states for consumer mortgages.
Same rental equity, four very different ways to reach it.
Before choosing, compare: the DSCR HELOC against the ordinary investment-property HELOC, against a DSCR cash-out refinance, and against a bank statement HELOC. Each card below says who it fits in Greenwood and what it costs the owner in paperwork and in the first mortgage.
A rent-qualified line, an income-qualified line, a cash-out refinance, or a bank statement line.
For the Greenwood investor whose returns understate the business, whose rentals sit in an LLC, or who simply wants the property to qualify itself. The first mortgage and its rate are untouched; the line is sized by equity and carried by the rent. Fewer documents, a tighter ceiling.
The ordinary rental HELOC reads the owner, not the property: W-2s or tax returns, a ratio, personal vesting. Where those are strong it is the larger line; where they are not, the rent-qualified line exists for exactly that file. For the income-qualified route, see Lendmire’s investment property HELOC.
A DSCR cash-out refinance replaces the first mortgage with a larger one and hands over the difference as a lump sum, qualified on the rent like the line. It reaches more of the equity in one closing, at the cost of the existing rate and a new thirty-year loan on the whole balance. For the refinance route, see the investment property cash-out refinance.
For the Greenwood self-employed owner whose business deposits tell a better story than the returns, on a property held personally. Where the rental’s own rent covers the line, the DSCR HELOC asks for less; where it does not, the bank statement line reads the owner instead. For the deposit-qualified route, see the bank statement HELOC.
What to prepare for a Greenwood scenario review.
The file reads the property and the credit report. Gather these before the scenario review, and the prequalification has what it needs; nothing on the list is a tax return.
This is a general preparation guide, not a universal checklist. The selected lender may request additional information based on the lease, the entity, the property, the lien position, and the credit profile. Nothing here is legal or tax advice.
Local details that can change the line.
Every file has a detail that decides it. For Greenwood rental lines these are the usual ones; confirm each against the snapshot and with a licensed loan officer before planning.
Use these checks to keep the Greenwood file clean and fundable.
Think of the details in two groups. Some size the line: the tier, the valuation, the lien position, the rent. Others decide eligibility outright: the property type, the seasoning, a recent listing, a solar lien, the entity papers. A Greenwood file clears the second group before the first matters.
- Confirm the vesting: Whether the deed reads in an individual’s name, an LLC, or a trust, and which kind of trust.
- Confirm the dates: The settlement date the ownership clock started on.
- Confirm the property type: Whether the property type is on the eligible list, and at which ceiling.
Title in your name or your LLC
A trust on title is a different question from an entity on title: a land trust is on the program’s ineligible list, and a revocable trust is read by the lender case by case. A Greenwood rental in an LLC is written in the LLC’s name; a rental in a land trust is not written at all.
The seasoning clock on purchases and refinances
Seasoning is one reason a strong Greenwood file waits. The equity may be there from day one, especially on a discounted purchase or a quick rehab, but the program reads the calendar before it reads the value, and the calendar does not negotiate.
The property list and the property type
Houses, planned-unit homes, townhomes, two-to-four-unit properties, and condominiums, non-warrantable ones at a reduced ceiling, are on the program. Rural property, row homes, condotels, commercial and agricultural property, leaseholds, land trusts, and the modular and log-home classes are not.
The closing draw and the later draws
Later draws carry a minimum of their own, so the line is drawn in meaningful pieces rather than small ones. Interest-only payments run through the draw period on whatever is outstanding; the repayment period amortizes the balance after.
How many financed properties the program allows
The program limits the loans and the dollars one borrower can carry with it. A Greenwood investor with a large portfolio already financed through the same program reaches that limit before the equity on the next rental runs out.
From a Greenwood rental prequalification to a funded line.
A DSCR HELOC on a Greenwood rental moves in four steps, and the first two are conversations. The scenario review sizes the line on the value, the balance, the tier, and the rent; the prequalification confirms it; verification and valuation prove it; closing funds it.
Scenario review
A licensed loan officer reads the Greenwood rental’s value, the balance on it, the credit profile, the lease, and the vesting, and sizes the line against the current tables: ceiling, cap, lien position, and the rent test. Figures are stated as program parameters, never as an offer.
Prequalification
Prequalification is where the file becomes real: the report replaces the estimate, the lease replaces the owner’s rent figure, and the entity’s papers are read. What comes out is a line amount, a lien position, and a short list of items to verify.
Verification and valuation
This is the step the owner does not control: the valuation lands where the comparables put it, and the title search shows what is recorded. A Greenwood file whose value or lease comes in under the estimate is re-sized here, not declined, unless a gate fails.
Closing and funding
The last step is the simplest: signatures, recording, the closing draw. A Greenwood landlord leaves closing with a recorded line behind the first mortgage, a draw in hand, and the balance of the line available on request through the draw period.
A brokerage that matches the line to the rental.
What Lendmire brings to a Greenwood rental line is comparison and placement: the rent-qualified line beside its alternatives, the tier read against every column, and the file placed with the wholesale lender whose program writes it.
Four routes, the right one quoted
A landlord whose returns are clean may do better on the income-qualified line; one whose first-mortgage rate is poor may do better on a refinance. The comparison is made on the file, not on the product, and the Greenwood owner sees it.
The entity stays on title
Landlords who built a portfolio inside entities for liability reasons should not have to unwind it for a line. The DSCR HELOC is placed through a wholesale program that writes the entity, and Lendmire’s Greenwood review starts with the deed as it is.
Licensed, in writing, the lender never named
Lendmire is the broker, not the lender. The program is placed with select lenders in the wholesale network; the figures on this page are program parameters subject to underwriting, and the rate and the payment on a Greenwood line are quoted in writing, never on a web page.
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Greenwood DSCR HELOC FAQs
The questions Greenwood landlords ask before a rent-qualified line, answered from the program as it stands; figures live in the snapshot above.
What is a DSCR HELOC?
A home equity line of credit on a rental property that qualifies on the property’s rent instead of the owner’s income. The lender divides the gross rent by the qualifying payment on the line, the quotient must reach the program’s coverage minimum, and the owner’s tax returns and debt ratio never enter the file. The line sits behind the first mortgage or stands first on a paid-off rental, and title may stay in an LLC.
Can the rental stay in my LLC?
Yes, for a rental. The program allows entity vesting on investment property only, so the LLC stays on the deed and the line records against it. What the lender wants is the entity’s paperwork and the guarantors’ credit, not a deed out of the entity.
How is the rent test calculated?
Rent divided by the qualifying payment, and the answer must clear the program minimum. The rent is documented by the lease and the appraiser’s rent schedule; a lease above market counts with three months of receipts. On a two-to-four-unit property one vacant unit is allowed; a single-family rental needs a lease.
Is an appraisal required?
Yes, in one of two forms: an automated valuation with a property inspection report on lines to the threshold, a full interior appraisal above it. The lender never waives the valuation, and the line is sized on the value it produces, not on the owner’s estimate.
How do the draw period and repayment work?
The line has two lives: an interest-only draw period and an amortizing repayment period, shown in the snapshot. A large share of the line funds at closing by program rule, later draws are at least the program minimum, and the payment rises when the repayment period begins.
What credit history does the program expect?
Clean recent housing history and a seasoned credit event if there was one. A Greenwood landlord whose personal credit is thin because the business carries the debt is read the same way as anyone else, on the score and the history, since the depth rules are waived at every tier the program offers.
Can the line be a first lien on a paid-off rental?
Yes, and the first-lien column is the more generous one: a lower floor, a higher ceiling, a larger maximum line at a reduced ceiling on the biggest lines, a full title policy instead of an ownership report. The line is still standalone; it is not closed together with a purchase.
What property types qualify?
One-to-four-unit residential rentals on the program’s eligible list, with condominiums at the condominium ceiling. Rural designation, commercial or agricultural use, condotels, leaseholds, and the modular and log-home classes are excluded; the property list is read before the value.
How much can I borrow against a rental?
Two limits apply. The equity limit is the ceiling for the tier and lien position, applied to the value, less the balance, capped at the maximum line; the rent limit is the line whose qualifying payment the rent covers at the program minimum. The smaller of the two is the line.
I just bought the rental. Can I open a line now?
Wait for the seasoning window. The program does not close a line together with a purchase, and it does not write one inside the months after a purchase or a refinance. The scenario review reads the purchase and refinance dates first for that reason.
Keep the first mortgage. Reach the equity anyway.
Start with the figures: the rental’s value, the mortgage on it, your credit tier, the lease. The review takes minutes, states program parameters rather than offers, and names anything in the file that needs a check.
This guide covers Greenwood — for the statewide ceilings, tiers, and state rules, see DSCR HELOC in Indiana, part of Lendmire’s DSCR HELOC program.
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