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Florida real estate and mortgage strategy

Understand the deal. Then finance it.

Mortgage guidance from a broker who has been investing in real estate since 2011. Learn how the numbers work, compare your options, and talk it through with someone who has been on your side of the closing table.

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Not sure which loan fits? Find out in about a minute.

A few quick questions show which loans probably fit you best, VA, FHA, USDA, conventional, DSCR or bank statement, and why. No contact info required.

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What it looks at

Your goal: buy, invest or refinance

Service history

Credit, down payment and debts

Where you want to buy and your income

How your tax returns look

For real estate investors

Start with how the property makes money.

A long term rental, a vacation home near Disney, a flip and a ground up build all need different financing. The right loan starts with one question: what is this property supposed to do for you?

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How I approach lending

The property should make sense before the financing does.

Rate matters. So do cash flow, reserves, the payment you can live with, and what you plan to do next. I look at a loan the way I look at my own deals: as one piece of a bigger plan.

My goal for every borrower

Your cheapest mortgage, not just your lowest rate.

Often, the lowest rate is the most expensive. My job is to put you in the mortgage that costs the least over the life of your loan, counting what you pay at closing and every month after.

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Lowest rate

Most paid at closing

Par rate

No points, no credit

Higher rate

Credit toward closing

Start with your goal

What are you trying to do?

Pick the path that fits, or see every loan program in one place.

Central Florida

Every market is local. Your financing should be too.

A vacation home in Kissimmee, a family home in Winter Garden and a new build in Lake Nona are three very different purchases. Knowing the area changes the advice.

Orlando Kissimmee and vacation rentals Winter Garden New construction

Featured guide

Financing an Orlando vacation rental: what the numbers need to show.

Realistic revenue, seasonality, management costs and loan options. The difference between a property that looks good in photos and one that actually pays for itself.

Read: Short Term Rentals

Meet your lender

Dane Foxworthy

Mortgage broker and active real estate investor. I bought my first fourplex in 2011 and have been buying, renovating and building ever since. When you bring me a deal, I run the numbers the same way I would on my own.

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Deep guides on the topics buyers, investors and owners ask about most.

Talk it through with Dane.

You do not need to be ready to apply. Send the property, the question or the plan, and I will tell you what I see.