I've received a few questions over the past
month about mortgage insurance and decided to enlist the expertise of a veteran mortgage advisor, Troy Toureau of McLean Mortgage for this week's column.
Not exact matches
On a $ 250,000
mortgage, FHA's annual
mortgage insurance can add
about $ 170 per
month to your
mortgage insurance.
And when I started, if you read the monthly income reports, you'll see that I typically bring in
about $ 4000 to $ 5000 per
month - ish in net cash flow after all expenses including PITI, Principal Interest Taxes and
Insurance, on the
mortgage.
Add in
insurance and taxes to your payment
about you are looking at
about $ 1200 per
month — so unless you can rent for a price above the national average, your rental property will not generate any free cash flow until the
mortgage is paid off.
Think
about how much cash you have to pay the upfront costs, which will include your down payment and closing costs, as well as what you can afford to fork over each
month in
mortgage, tax and
insurance payments.
My
mortgage, HOA, Taxes and
Insurance come out to $ 860 a
month and the townhomes near me are renting for
about $ 1200 a
month.
I just bought a condo in Lake Tahoe and had to buy
insurance (
about $ 200) for the close but my
mortgage holder contacted me
months later and said after looking over the HOA coverage I didn't have to buy separate
insurance at all!
Maybe not Fannie Mae, but on our FHA loan, the
mortgage company and our
insurance company both checked to make sure we moved in within 30 days (actually needed an extension as we were out of town that
month so carpet didn't go in until
about day 36), the
mortgage company by requiring confirmation from our homeowners
insurance (as opposed to landlord policy), and the
insurance company actually requested updates.
On a $ 200,000 loan, an applicant with a 720 FICO score saves
about $ 30 per
month on
mortgage insurance.
For a $ 96,500 loan I'm looking
about $ 842 /
month for all
insurance / taxes / fees /
mortgage.
If I add in rent income, it would not be enough (because rent income is
about $ 300 and
mortgage is
about $ 500 per
month (with tax and
insurance)-RRB-, it would increase debt to income ratio).