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HARD MONEY LENDER BUFFALO
Bridge, fix and flip, construction and rental money for Buffalo and the rest of Erie County.
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Buffalo lines up along the Niagara River and Lake Erie with housing stock far older than most of the country. Elmwood Village and Allentown carry the walkable demand, Hertel Avenue and North Buffalo hold steady owner-occupant interest, the West Side keeps turning over, and the medical campus downtown pulls tenants into Erie County all year.
Investment property in Buffalo qualifies under every program listed here, and so does property in Rochester, Erie and Syracuse. Erie County is one line on a term sheet, not a separate approval process.
A Buffalo investor gets a direct line to the lender. No intake team, no file handed down a chain, no bank underwriter three weeks out. Written terms come first, then title and escrow, then the wire, usually inside a week.
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WHAT DO BUFFALO HARD MONEY LOANS COST
There is no Buffalo rate sheet separate from the national one. Bridge from 9.00%, up to 75% LTV on residential, one or two year terms, and loans from $150,000 to $25,000,000 on business purpose files. The property and the exit set the number, not the ZIP code.
A Buffalo file gets a full written term sheet up front: rate, leverage, term, points and conditions. Nothing gets re-traded at the table. No prepayment penalty on bridge, minimal documentation, and funding in five to seven days.
| PROGRAM | RATES | LEVERAGE UP TO | TERMS | LOAN AMOUNTS |
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| BRIDGE LOAN | 9.00% to 13.00% | LTV 75% | 1 or 2 years | $150,000 to $25,000,000 |
| FIX & FLIP | 9.99% to 12.00% | LTV 85% of purchase, LTC 100% of rehab | 6 to 18 months | $250,000 to $10,000,000 |
| RENTAL DSCR | 6.50% to 9.99% Non-QM | LTV 80% | 5, 7, 30 and 40 year fixed | Sized to the property |
Starting rates for qualified borrowers, from the published terms cards. Points and fees are quoted on the Letter of Intent. Rates are subject to change without notice and are not a commitment to lend.
Those numbers are the ceiling and the floor. A Buffalo deal gets priced inside them once the property and the exit are on the table, usually the same day the file is opened.
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WHY LOAN GOAT IN BUFFALO
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Working with a direct lender on a Buffalo deal removes the layers. There is no broker marking up the file, no correspondent shopping it and no investor behind the investor. One lender, its own capital, one set of terms.
Wood-frame doubles with an upper and lower flat, Queen Anne and Victorian singles keeping their original detail, brick commercial blocks on the avenues, and heavy industrial buildings along the waterfront. All of it is financeable, purchase, refinance or cash-out.
Two-family cash-flow holds are the local staple, bought low and stabilized. Rehab-to-rent works on tired doubles, historic renovation suits the character streets, and warehouse conversions attract commercial appetite. Bridge for the buy, construction for the build, DSCR for the hold: the same three doors most of these plays run through.
THE PROCESS
- Complete your application
- Submit required documentation
- Sign your Letter of Intent
- We process and close your loan in 5-7 days
BUFFALO DEALS, FUNDED FROM SAN DIEGO.
Erie County files run on the same terms as the home markets: written quote first, appraisal once terms are agreed, wire in five to seven days. 1.3K+ closed loans since 2022 and $1.5B+ funded across 46 states.
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MOST COMMON BUFFALO LOAN SCENARIOS
- 1031 EXCHANGE Exchange deadlines do not move, so Buffalo replacement purchases get funded on the calendar, not on a bank's.
- AUCTION & HUBZU Auction and Hubzu purchases in Erie County funded on the short settlement clocks those platforms run.
- BANKRUPTCY BUYOUT Payoff money to clear a bankruptcy or partner buyout on a Buffalo property before the deadline.
- BANK STATEMENT LOANS Bank statement underwriting for Buffalo investors whose returns do not show the income the deal actually produces.
- FORECLOSURE AUCTION Buffalo foreclosure buys where the money has to be certain before the gavel.
- FOREIGN NATIONAL No US credit history and no domestic tax returns is a normal Buffalo file here.
- NON-WARRANTABLE CONDOS Condos in Buffalo that agency guidelines will not take, financed on their own merits.
- SELF-EMPLOYED Self-employed Buffalo investors underwritten on the property instead of two years of returns.
- VACATION RENTAL Short-term rental acquisitions and refinances in and around Buffalo, underwritten on the asset.
- CASH OFFERS ONLY Cash-equivalent certainty for a Buffalo offer that has to beat financed competition.
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LOAN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN BUFFALO
- BRIDGE LOANS Acquire, recapitalize or stabilize with short-term capital that closes in days, not months. FROM 9.00% · LTV 75% · 1-2 YR
- FIX & FLIP LOANS Buy, renovate and sell or hold, with the rehab funded through draws and no prepayment penalty. FROM 9.99% · LTV 85% · 6-18 MO
- CONSTRUCTION LOANS Ground-up financing with flexible draws through every stage of the build. LTC 80% · 12-18 MO
- RENTAL PROPERTY LOANS Long-term DSCR, portfolio and multifamily term loans that qualify on the property's cash flow. FROM 6.50% · LTV 80% · 30 YR
- COMMERCIAL LOANS Hybrid-term financing for multifamily, mixed-use, retail, office and industrial in major metros. FROM 7.90% · LTV 70% · 1-15 YR
- OWNER OCCUPIED LOANS Short-term bridge financing on the home you live in, with a refinance into a conventional or jumbo loan as the exit. FROM 10.50% · LTV 70% · 11-12 MO
- BANK FINANCING Bank statement, P&L-only and SBA programs for business owners outside the standard mortgage box. TERMS 5 TO 30 YR
- SECOND & THIRD MORTGAGES Second and third lien position loans behind an existing first mortgage. 12-36 MO · BUSINESS PURPOSE
- BLANKET / CROSS-COLLATERAL LOANS One loan across several properties, cross-collateralized when a single asset will not carry the deal. FROM 8.99% · 1-3 YR
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PROPERTY TYPES WE FINANCE IN BUFFALO
- INDUSTRIAL & WAREHOUSE Industrial and last-mile logistics property in Erie County on bridge terms.
- MANUFACTURED HOMES Manufactured housing and park acquisitions in the Buffalo market.
- ASSISTED LIVING Assisted living and residential care facilities in Buffalo, purchase or refinance.
- AGRICULTURAL Working farmland in Erie County financed where a bank will not.
- CANNABIS Erie County cannabis real estate on private terms.
- AUTOMOTIVE & GAS STATION Service stations and automotive property in the Buffalo market.
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HOW WE LEND IN BUFFALO
Read the table as a promise rather than a pitch. On a Buffalo deal it means the leverage quoted is the leverage funded, the timeline quoted is the timeline delivered, and the person who priced the file is the person who releases the money.
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BUFFALO BORROWERS, IN THEIR WORDS
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I recently worked with Loan Goat, and my experience was fantastic. From start to finish, the team was attentive, knowledgeable, and genuinely interested in helping me find the best loan options for my needs. They walked me through every...
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Working with Loan Goat has been an absolute game-changer in my home-buying journey! From the start, Milad, brought a level of expertise and care that made the process smooth and stress-free. His team's dedication to customer service is...
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BUFFALO HARD MONEY LOANS, ANSWERED
Straight answers to what borrowers ask before they call. Questions we answer elsewhere link to the page that owns them.
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Yes. Loan Goat funds investment property in Buffalo and across Erie County on every program listed on this site: bridge, fix and flip, construction, rental property, commercial, owner occupied, bank financing, second and third mortgages and blanket loans. The desk is in San Diego, the capital is in house, and Buffalo files are underwritten on the property rather than on where the borrower banks.
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Five to seven days is standard and low-doc bridge files have funded in as little as three. The timeline on a Buffalo deal is usually set by title and escrow rather than by underwriting, because the credit decision is made in house by one person. Open title early and the wire follows the written terms.
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Non-owner-occupied residential from single-family up to four units, apartment buildings, mixed-use, retail, office, industrial and flex, self-storage, hospitality, manufactured housing and land across Erie County. Owner-occupied has its own program. If the Buffalo asset produces or will produce value, there is usually a structure for it.
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Yes, that sequence is routine in Buffalo. Bridge or fix and flip money buys the double in Erie County and pays for the renovation, then a DSCR rental loan refinances it once both flats are leased. No prepayment penalty applies, so moving from short-term debt into permanent financing costs nothing beyond the new loan itself.
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The address, the purchase price or current value, what you owe, what you plan to do with the property and how you intend to pay the loan back. That is enough for a written quote. Full-doc income packages are not part of the low-doc programs, which is why a quote arrives in hours rather than weeks.
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Single-family rentals, condos, townhomes, two to four unit buildings, apartment buildings, mixed-use, retail, office, industrial and flex, self-storage, hospitality, manufactured housing and land. Business-purpose and non-owner-occupied is the core of the book, with owner-occupied handled under its own program.
Property types -
Bridge money runs from 9.00% to 13.00% and moves with leverage, property type, exit and experience. Rental loans price lower because the property carries the debt, from 6.50% on the Non-QM tier. Every quote is written before an appraisal is ordered, so you are never chasing a number that changes at the closing table.
Bridge loan terms -
Credit is reviewed, but the property carries the decision. These are business-purpose loans on non-owner-occupied real estate, underwritten to value, exit and the strength of the deal. Investors turned down by a bank for self-employment, a recent event on file or thin documentation are routine business here.
Self-employed borrowers
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