© WHERE WE LEND HILLCREST · CA
HARD MONEY LENDER HILLCREST
Hillcrest bridge, flip and DSCR money from a lender that answers the phone and closes on time.
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- VETERAN OWNED Company NMLS 1416824 · Branch NMLS 2554618
Hillcrest is central San Diego's densest walkable neighborhood, wrapped around a hospital district and a commercial main street, with more apartments than houses and the strongest in-fill rental demand in the city.
Hillcrest sits in San Diego County, California, and Loan Goat lends on investment property across the whole of it. The same programs run in North Park, Little Italy and Mission Valley, so an investor working a corridor rather than a single ZIP code keeps one lender, one quote format and one set of terms across every file.
The whole point of a private lender is that the deal decides the answer. On Hillcrest property that means value, exit and plan, reviewed by the same desk that releases the funds. Veteran-owned, in business since 2022, 1.3K+ loans closed.
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WHAT DO HILLCREST HARD MONEY LOANS COST
Pricing a Hillcrest deal is straightforward. Bridge runs from 9.00% to 13.00% and moves with leverage and risk. Ask for more of the purchase price and the rate moves up; bring a stronger exit and it moves down. Residential bridge goes to 75% LTV and commercial to 70%.
Every quote is written before an appraisal is ordered, so a Hillcrest investor knows the rate, the leverage, the term and the fees while there is still time to walk. No prepayment penalty on the bridge programs means a flip that sells in four months costs four months of interest, not twelve.
| 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 Hillcrest 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 HILLCREST
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Certainty is the product. A Hillcrest borrower gets written terms, in-house capital and one person who can say yes. Nothing is sold to a warehouse line mid-process and nothing is re-priced at the closing table, which is why the review record reads 5.0 across 150+ reviews.
1920s and 1930s apartment buildings, converted Craftsmans, mid-century courtyard apartments, condos, and commercial along University and Fifth. That stock is exactly what the bridge and fix and flip programs are built for.
Apartment value-add, condo repositioning, mixed-use bridge, and renovation of the remaining single-family stock. The program follows the plan, not the other way round.
THE PROCESS
- Complete your application
- Submit required documentation
- Sign your Letter of Intent
- We process and close your loan in 5-7 days
HILLCREST DEALS, FUNDED FROM SAN DIEGO.
San Diego 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.
© LOAN SCENARIOS HILLCREST · CA
MOST COMMON HILLCREST LOAN SCENARIOS
- 1031 EXCHANGE Bridge money that lets a Hillcrest replacement property close inside the 45 and 180 day windows.
- AUCTION & HUBZU Hillcrest auction buys where the deposit is up and the clock is already running.
- BANKRUPTCY BUYOUT Buying out a partner or a plan on Hillcrest real estate, funded on the equity in the asset.
- BANK STATEMENT LOANS Deposits instead of tax returns for self-employed buyers working San Diego County.
- FORECLOSURE AUCTION Courthouse and trustee sale purchases in San Diego County, funded on the asset and the plan.
- FOREIGN NATIONAL Foreign national buyers acquiring Hillcrest investment property without a US credit file.
- NON-WARRANTABLE CONDOS Non-warrantable San Diego County condo units where the HOA or the investor concentration killed the conventional loan.
- SELF-EMPLOYED Business owners buying in Hillcrest whose write-offs make a bank file impossible.
- VACATION RENTAL Hillcrest vacation rental purchases where the projected income does the work.
- CASH OFFERS ONLY Sellers in Hillcrest who will only look at cash get a proof of funds that holds up.
© LOAN PROGRAMS NINE WAYS TO CLOSE
LOAN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN HILLCREST
- 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
© PROPERTY TYPES HILLCREST · CA
PROPERTY TYPES WE FINANCE IN HILLCREST
- MIXED-USE Retail-over-residential buildings in Hillcrest commercial corridors, up to 70% LTV.
- MANUFACTURED HOMES San Diego County manufactured home communities on bridge and commercial terms.
- ASSISTED LIVING Hillcrest care facilities bridged through licensing and stabilization.
- AGRICULTURAL Agricultural land and operations outside Hillcrest underwritten on the asset.
- CANNABIS Cannabis-use property in Hillcrest where conventional lenders will not participate.
- AUTOMOTIVE & GAS STATION San Diego County fuel and automotive sites, purchase and refinance.
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HOW WE LEND IN HILLCREST
Most lenders compete on one line of that table. This one is built to hold every line at once, which is why a Hillcrest 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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HILLCREST BORROWERS, IN THEIR WORDS
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The team at Loan Goat literally saved my life. I was in such a bind and didn't think I had anywhere else to turn. Even with my extensive knowledge in this field I felt I was going to lose everything. The team has insight and plans I never...
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I had an excellent experience with Loan Goat during our real estate deal, working as the buyers agent throughout the deal. Their team was professional, responsive, and guided me through every step of the process. Clear communication and...
RAPHAEL ROUFAIL II -
This is my first experience dealing with Milad Shamoun & Blair Noble at Loan Goat. Very professional, accommodating and focused on obtaining results. Over my years I have dealt with various types of Intuitional and Private Lenders. Loan Goat stacks up with the best.
RAYMOND HERRERA -
The team at Loan Goat literally saved my life. I was in such a bind and didn't think I had anywhere else to turn. Even with my extensive knowledge in this field I felt I was going to lose everything. The team has insight and plans I never...
ELIJAH SCHOLER -
I had an excellent experience with Loan Goat during our real estate deal, working as the buyers agent throughout the deal. Their team was professional, responsive, and guided me through every step of the process. Clear communication and...
RAPHAEL ROUFAIL II -
This is my first experience dealing with Milad Shamoun & Blair Noble at Loan Goat. Very professional, accommodating and focused on obtaining results. Over my years I have dealt with various types of Intuitional and Private Lenders. Loan Goat stacks up with the best.
RAYMOND HERRERA
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HILLCREST 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 Hillcrest and across San Diego 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 Hillcrest files are underwritten on the property rather than on where the borrower banks.
Request a quote -
Five to seven days is standard and low-doc bridge files have funded in as little as three. The timeline on a Hillcrest 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.
How it works -
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 San Diego County. Owner-occupied has its own program. If the Hillcrest asset produces or will produce value, there is usually a structure for it.
Property types -
Yes, from small buildings to larger ones, on bridge terms for a purchase or a reposition and on longer-term debt once the rents are stabilized. The building's income and the protective equity carry the file rather than your personal tax returns.
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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 -
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.
Request a quote -
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 -
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
© WHERE WE LEND HILLCREST · CA
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- CLOSED LOANS SINCE 2022
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- Lending footprint, 46 states
- Home markets: California and Arizona
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