Reputable Hard Money Lenders like Lake Norman Private Money Lending offer interest-only repayment terms. For example, if you were offered a $200,000 hard money loan, with a 10% interest rate, your monthly payment would work out to $1666.66. Here’s how it works:
- Amount Borrowed: $200,000
- Annual Interest Rate: 10%
- Monthly Repayment: Amount Borrowed * Annual Interest Rate / 12
- Monthly Repayment: $200,000 * 10% / 12
- Monthly Payments: $1666.66
In other words, your monthly payment only covers the interest portion of the capital that was borrowed. However, you are required to pay back all the capital that was borrowed when the hard money loan expires.
It helps to think of it as a balloon payment, but instead of paying a portion of the capital back, your balloon payment covers 100% of the amount borrowed.