Non-Owner-Occupied Residential

What We Lend On

Bridge loans on existing residential property in South Florida, bridge to construction loans on a property with an existing house across the Southeast, and ground-up construction loans on one to four unit projects across the Southeast. Business-purpose loans only.

Bridge ยท Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach

Bridge Loan Property Types

Bridge loans from $1,000,000 to $10,000,000 secured by non-owner-occupied residential property in South Florida, funded off our own balance sheet.

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Single-Family Homes

Non-owner-occupied single family residences across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach.

  • One-unit residential only
  • Purchase, refinance, or cash-out
  • Auction and short-fuse contract purchases
  • Exit by sale or refinance
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Condos

Condominium units throughout the tri-county, including buildings conventional lenders will not touch.

  • Warrantable and non-warrantable
  • Preconstruction closings considered
  • Investor-owned units only
  • Exit by sale or refinance
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Residential Land

Entitled and unentitled residential lots, where a seller will not wait for conventional financing.

  • Entitled and unentitled parcels
  • Infill and scattered lots
  • Land banking and pre-development holds
  • Exit by sale or takeout financing

Terms and requirements are on the bridge loan program page.

Ground-Up Construction ยท FL, GA, SC, NC, TN

Ground-Up Construction Project Types

Construction loans from $200,000 to $5,000,000 on one to four unit residential projects. One loan covers the land and the build. Our standard is to wire draw funds within 24 to 48 hours after a draw is approved.

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Single-Family Homes

Spec homes, infill lots, and teardown rebuilds. The bulk of the construction projects we finance.

  • Spec builds for sale
  • Infill lots in built-out neighborhoods
  • Teardown and rebuild, demolition in the budget
  • Exit by sale or refinance into a rental loan
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Townhomes

Townhome projects of two to four units, eligible on the same terms as a single family build.

  • One loan for the whole project
  • Maximum four units
  • Release one unit at a time, with no release fee
  • Exit by sale or DSCR refinance with Domus
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Duplexes

Two-unit new construction, financed the same way as a single family build.

  • Land and construction on one loan
  • 85% LTC standard, up to 90% case by case for highly experienced borrowers
  • Standard draw funding within 24 to 48 hours after a draw is approved
  • Exit by sale or hold and refinance
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Triplexes & Fourplexes

Three and four unit new construction, the top of our ground-up box.

  • Up to four units per project
  • Up to 100% of the construction budget
  • Land equity counts toward your contribution
  • Exit by sale or refinance into a DSCR loan

Terms, leverage and requirements are on the ground-up construction loan program page, and lot eligibility is covered under land purchase and land equity.

What falls outside the box

We would rather tell you no in ten minutes than string you along for a week. Some limits apply to everything we do, and some are specific to one program.

Both programs

  • Owner-occupied property of any kind
  • Commercial and industrial property
  • Multifamily above four units

Bridge

  • Property outside Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach, unless it has an existing house and the exit is a Domus ground-up construction loan (see bridge to construction loans)
  • South Florida bridge requests below $1,000,000

Ground-up construction

  • Rural property
  • Raw land with no build attached
  • Lots larger than two acres
  • Port Charlotte, Cape Coral, and Lehigh Acres

If your deal sits near one of those lines, call anyway. We will give you a straight answer rather than a maybe.

Send us the deal

Once we have all the information we need, we can price your deal the same day. You hear it from the person who makes the decision.