Secrets of Buying Down Mortgage Interest Rates

Secrets of Buying Down Mortgage Interest Rates

Update: 2025-05-09
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Learn the secrets of improving cash flow by buying down your mortgage interest rates on rental properties in Jersey City.



This class is Module 34 of 46 in a series called Real Estate Investing Secrets.



Topics covered in this module include:




  • How improving cash flow by buying down your mortgage interest can help you get to financial independence faster and with less risk

  • One way of calculating the benefit of buying down your mortgage interest rate and a better, more sophisticated metric I’d probably use

  • We’re focusing on buying down mortgage interest rates when buying a property, but similar math could be applied when doing cash out refinances, cash in refinances, rate and term refinances or recasting a mortgage

  • The big picture: buying down mortgage rates and receiving credits for taking higher rates

  • How long does the mortgage buy down last

  • What’s a point and how to calculate them

  • Can I use credits to fund my down payment

  • What is par rate and how to get par rate when talking to lenders

  • Your options if you find yourself with extra money after your minimum total cost to acquire a property (down payment, reserves, closing costs, rent ready costs, cumulative negative cash flow/deferred down payment, etc)

  • Comparing putting more down versus buying down your mortgage interest rate

  • A sample mortgage buy down table from a lender and how to read it

  • Downloadable spreadsheet for analyzing mortgage buy downs

  • How to use the spreadsheet

  • What are vanity rates and how to deal with them

  • Using the spreadsheet to take advantage of market inefficiencies

  • Use the spreadsheet to automatically calculate simple and compound rates of return for various mortgage buy downs

  • Comparing the return in dollars for putting more down or buying down mortgage interest rates

  • Including improved equity growth in our comparisons

  • When you should not buy down your mortgage

  • How to determine if you should buy down your mortgage interest rate or pre-pay PMI instead

  • Plus much more...



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Secrets of Buying Down Mortgage Interest Rates

Secrets of Buying Down Mortgage Interest Rates

James Orr