© WHERE WE LEND GAINESVILLE · FL
HARD MONEY LENDER GAINESVILLE
Hard money for Gainesville and Alachua County: written terms first, wire in five to seven days.
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Gainesville is a University of Florida town in Alachua County, and the campus plus UF Health sets the rhythm of every rental cycle. Midtown and the blocks southwest of campus trade on student demand, the Duckpond historic district draws restoration money, and Haile Plantation with the Tower Road corridor pulls household tenants.
From Alachua County out to Jacksonville, Orlando and Lakeland, Gainesville investors get the full program stack: bridge, fix and flip, construction, rental property, commercial, second mortgages and blanket loans on a portfolio.
Nothing about a Gainesville address slows the process down. Terms are written from the property, title and escrow are opened locally, and the money moves from San Diego. 1.3K+ closed loans since 2022 and $1.5B+ funded across 46 states is what that machine has produced so far.
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WHAT DO GAINESVILLE HARD MONEY LOANS COST
There is no Gainesville 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 Gainesville 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 are the published ranges, not a teaser. Where a Gainesville deal lands inside them depends on the property, the leverage and the exit. The fastest way to a real number is the address, the price and the plan.
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WHY LOAN GOAT IN GAINESVILLE
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Most Gainesville investors arrive here after a bank fell through late. What they get instead is a lender with its own money, minimal documentation, no loan committee and no prepayment penalty. 1.3K+ closed loans since 2022 is the reason the timeline holds.
Frame and brick bungalows through the historic core, 1970s and 80s student condos and low-rise apartment courts near campus, ranch homes across the southwest suburbs, and wooded lots on the outer ring. All of it is financeable, purchase, refinance or cash-out.
Student rentals near the University of Florida drive this market, per-bed leases included. Historic restoration for resale works in the Duckpond, and small apartment blocks near campus reward a renovation and re-lease cycle. 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
GAINESVILLE DEALS, FUNDED FROM SAN DIEGO.
Alachua 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 GAINESVILLE LOAN SCENARIOS
- 1031 EXCHANGE Exchange deadlines do not move, so Gainesville replacement purchases get funded on the calendar, not on a bank's.
- AUCTION & HUBZU Auction and Hubzu purchases in Alachua County funded on the short settlement clocks those platforms run.
- BANKRUPTCY BUYOUT Payoff money to clear a bankruptcy or partner buyout on a Gainesville property before the deadline.
- BANK STATEMENT LOANS Bank statement underwriting for Gainesville investors whose returns do not show the income the deal actually produces.
- FORECLOSURE AUCTION Gainesville 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 Gainesville file here.
- NON-WARRANTABLE CONDOS Condos in Gainesville that agency guidelines will not take, financed on their own merits.
- SELF-EMPLOYED Self-employed Gainesville investors underwritten on the property instead of two years of returns.
- VACATION RENTAL Short-term rental acquisitions and refinances in and around Gainesville, underwritten on the asset.
- CASH OFFERS ONLY Cash-equivalent certainty for a Gainesville offer that has to beat financed competition.
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LOAN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN GAINESVILLE
- 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 GAINESVILLE
- INDUSTRIAL & WAREHOUSE Industrial and last-mile logistics property in Alachua County on bridge terms.
- MANUFACTURED HOMES Manufactured housing and park acquisitions in the Gainesville market.
- ASSISTED LIVING Assisted living and residential care facilities in Gainesville, purchase or refinance.
- AGRICULTURAL Working farmland in Alachua County financed where a bank will not.
- CANNABIS Alachua County cannabis real estate on private terms.
- AUTOMOTIVE & GAS STATION Service stations and automotive property in the Gainesville market.
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HOW WE LEND IN GAINESVILLE
Most lenders compete on one line of that table. This one is built to hold every line at once, which is why a Gainesville borrower gets leverage and speed in the same quote rather than trading one for the other. If the numbers do not work, you are told early and directly.
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GAINESVILLE 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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GAINESVILLE 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 Gainesville and across Alachua 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville 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 Alachua County. Owner-occupied has its own program. If the Gainesville asset produces or will produce value, there is usually a structure for it.
Property types -
Most use a bridge or DSCR rental loan, since student housing is business-purpose collateral. Loan Goat funds those deals throughout Gainesville and Alachua County, including condos, houses and small apartment buildings leased by the bed. Underwriting looks at the property and its rents, paperwork stays minimal, and the money lands in five to seven days.
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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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