Category: U.S. Expats
“Traditional” banks will require income documents before approving a real estate mortgage. You will need to qualify based on your declared income using tax returns, less your monthly debt servicing. That is fine for a “traditional” investor; however, at America Mortgages, we deal with various real estate investors, and 100% of them live and work […]
Heard of the term “asset rich but cash poor”? It’s a common issue among entrepreneurs “working for equity” or high net worth investors who report low income but have sizeable real estate portfolios. Traditional banks require pay stubs, employment letters, and credit scores (we have fantastic programs for this as well), but many of us […]
In this edition of the Launchpad Series – we introduce the most widely-used tool for property investors at the moment, A Bridge Loan – often considered the “Swiss Army Knife” of financing solutions. What are bridge loans? A bridge loan is a type of asset-based, short-term loan, typically taken out for a few months to […]
The Client Our client wanted invest in a second property. She decided to take advantage of rental yields by fixing up a single-family home and then renting it out. How We Helped After researching for days, she finally reached out to America Mortgages. Using AM Fix-’N’-Flip program for U.S. Expats, closed the deal in 15 […]
The Client U.S. Surgeon living in Toronto was looking to purchase a Flix-and-Flip property in Oregon as an investment, mainly to earn rental yield. How We Helped Fortunately for our clients, situations like this are our specialty. We secured a loan for ARV (after-repair-value) using a short-term bridge loan. Being an expat meant that our […]
What real estate investment earns 150% return? Fix-and-Flip! In our never-ending crusade to bring awareness to the U.S. residential real estate market, we want to introduce you to the first part of our Launchpad Series – Fix-and-Flip. In each part of this series, we will be sharing more about the new programs we have to […]
Making a case for U.S. Residential Property Investment “Let’s Look Under the Hood” In the previous 2 weeks, we have discussed U.S. real estate investment’s relative affordability and income potential. In this week’s Deep Dive, we will look at what the Key Drivers of Property Prices are and make an argument on which U.S. cities represent the best […]
Making a case for U.S. Residential Property Investment “It’s not Apples to Apples” As you may recall, last week, we looked at the affordability between popular U.S. investment destinations compared to major cities in the world. We argued that the U.S. offered the best “entry price” for real estate investments on absolute terms and when adjusted […]
A bridge loan is a type of asset-based, short-term loan, typically taken out for a period of a few months to a couple of years pending the arrangement of longer-term financing or an exit such as the sale.
America Mortgages Inc. is a mortgage broker focusing only on U.S. Expats and Foreign Nationals living overseas. We offer over 150 U.S. bank and lender programs direct to our international clients. America Mortgages is wholly-owned by Global Mortgage Group Pte. Ltd. an international mortgage specialist based in Singapore.