Looking for opinions on owner financed mortgages.
The scenario: I rent a room in a house that is a real fixer-upper in a fantastic location. The lardlord is tired of being a landlord and I want to buy the house. He owns the house outright and has offered 0% interest owner financed loan. My understanding is that he wants the continued income without any of the responsibility. I am curious what the risks/ downsides would be to this offer.
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Not sure you ever need to do a bank loan if he’s offering 0% interest unless he dies and you need to make a lump sum payment. I would definitely involve an attorney to look over the deal/financing/stipulations.

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I would veiw it as an option of buying the house (through a bank) in the future once interest rates are lower at current market rates. Which seems pretty solid to me. But I know my blindside is pretty large here and would like additional input.

You should have a contract documented of what terms to be expected and payments amount. If you are going to finance through the owner, he may be able to dictate/have more power in terms on saying what goes in contract. Be careful of getting screwed where he still wants ur rent even though you would be owner and make you still fix everything wrong in the house. Lot of ways you can get fucked in this situation.

Yes, I think we can come to amicable agreement, but I'm mostly curious how I could get fucked. The two biggest concerns for me are if the owner dies and the mortgage gets passed to a family member with different goals, and payments not being recorded correctly. What are other ways I could get fucked?

I’m not sure I understand what you mean by “option of buying the house in the future through a bank”. You either own the house or your don’t. Is the landlord selling to you now or is this some form of rent payment credit? The downside is that you are responsible for all the maintenance. I assume the house would be sold to you and would be titled in your name. Would your monthly payment increase or decrease compared to your rent? How long is the seller providing 0% rate (for example is there a 10 year balloon payment or something like that?). If not why would you ever refinance to a bank.

I would just be careful with the idea of paying the price he seller wants in exchange for a 0% mortgage. That may or may not be a good deal depending on the price you are paying. With interest rates at 6%+ I would be willing to pay quite a bit for a 0% mortgage. Have a lawyer review. You want to ensure that the terms of the mortgage survive the current owners death.

Most owner financing situations still have a significant down payment, and often are amortized either at a shorter schedule or have a balloon payment. It’s often used to reduce tax impact.

Make sure you have a very clear contract as well as a path of documentation for each payment. Beyond that, this is done quite often and isn’t a terrible idea.

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