Wholesaling Houses After Fannie & Freddie

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What’s the best strategy for wholesaling houses after Fannie and Freddie shut their doors?

The liquidation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may not have been noticed or seemed like a big deal for many real estate wholesalers so far, but it could be.

It could make a sizable difference in availability of deals in the short term and who houses can be flipped to in the medium to long term.

Last week’s news of a new bill to officially wind down Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac certainly had a massive impact on the share value of the two mortgage giants. After instantly falling in price by as much as 44% on the news, shares of the giants continued to nose dive with Fannie’s hitting a low of around $3 by March 13th. Who knows; by the time you read these they may already be out for the count.

Many are complaining that this is happening as the mortgage giants are raking in billions in profit. However, the real issue facing property wholesalers is the evaporation of mortgage credit for home buyers.

Between new regulations and the absence of low down payment home loans for regular home buyers and first time home buyers a significant portion of end buyers could be taken out of the game for a while.

The market will certainly be fine and alternative loan programs will be born, but in the meantime flipping houses to retail buyers could be far more difficult, at least unless seller financing is offered.

There may be a big surge in foreclosures and availability of distressed assets as Fannie and Freddie speed up liquidation. But who will these bargains be flipped to?

Fortunately giant equity and hedge funds like Blackstone and Cerberus and their subsidiaries are rolling out more loan products aimed at helping small and medium sized buy and hold real estate investors to tap equity and even acquire and rehab rental homes in bulk and piece by piece.

It is these end buyers that will certainly be most valuable to wholesalers looking for fast turn arounds and lots of them. Using flash funding from Best Transaction Funding wholesalers can ramp up volume quickly and scale their businesses. The key is making contact with those tapping this bulk funding and adding them to lists for instant flips.

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