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FHA Section 245(a) - A Hidden Niche?

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Services for Real Estate Pros with AZ Veteran Notary Services CA BRE 01444168

Now I am a REALTOR and do not pretend to be an expert on the loan side of the real estate industry.  I often rely on the SEARCH feature of ActiveRain to find details on topics I want to research.  Well, today I drew a near blank.

You see, I was spending some time researching changes in the industry that took place on January 1, 2010 and ended up at the FHA site.  Scrolling through a list of articles published by the FHA I found something that was very intriguing and actually fascinated me once I looked deeper at the section 245(a) loan...

FHA Growing Equity Mortgages
FHA Mortgages for Homeowners with Increasing Income

It just turns out that I have a client relocating from Las Vegas to my little burb.  The problem they have is not credit or cash...it's income.  You see, the husband is an entertainer working in a Vegas production and the wife is a stay-at-home-mom.  Well, they are giving up the glamor of show-biz to come home and work the family business, which promises to be very lucrative, but there is no track record of qualifying income.

Well, now I just may be able to find the right home for them to BUY and not force them to rent for a year - paying more in rent then they would on a Hemet or San Jacinta CA mortgage.

So, for all of the FHA Experts here in the ActiveRain Community...I'd appreciate some feedback.

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Until Next Time, Have a Blessed Day,

John Occhi, ePRO, REALTOR®
DRE Lic No: 01444168


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Suzy Morris
The Morris Team - Carlsbad, CA

John - when you get your feedback- please blog again about it!

Jan 03, 2010 08:06 AM
Laura Giannotta
Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore - Little Egg Harbor, NJ
Your Realtor Down the Shore!

Isn't it amazing the resourses we have here on ActiveRain?  I'm off to check out your links!

Jan 03, 2010 08:55 PM
Renée Donohue~Home Photography
Savvy Home Pix - Allegan, MI
Western Michigan Real Estate Photographer

Steve Kappre may have written about this, I was just doing my reciprocation and clicked on something about self employment income.

Jan 03, 2010 11:49 PM
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

John, I'm going to bookmark this one and keep checking back to read the answers.  Sounds pretty interesting.

Jan 04, 2010 02:19 AM
Cheryl Ritchie
RE/MAX Leading Edge www.GoldenResults.com - Huntingtown, MD
Southern Maryland 301-980-7566

Post more when you know more...interesting. Which classes did you take in camp today and what were the main things you learned? I just posted my highlights to share!

Jan 04, 2010 08:38 AM
Anonymous
Gina Pogol

Just so you know, FHA.com is not the FHA site; it's a commercial one like www.fhaloanpros.com. The official  site for FHA info is http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/federal_housing_administration

Jul 05, 2010 10:16 AM
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Eric Peltier
Eric Peltier - Premier Mortgage Group - Boulder Colorado - Boulder, CO
Mortgage Lender in Boulder CO

It is my understanding that this product still exists with FHA, but no investor will touch it.  It neg-ams for a few years.  As you may imagine, neg-am is a very dirty word nowadays.

Eric Peltier

Premier Mortgage

May 17, 2011 05:48 AM