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HARD MONEY LENDER SOUTH BEND
Bridge, fix and flip, construction and rental money for South Bend and the rest of St. Joseph County.
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South Bend sits near the Michigan line on the St. Joseph River, and Notre Dame sets the rhythm of the entire local market. River Park, Near Northwest and Sunnymede carry the investor stock, Eddy Street Commons concentrates the campus-adjacent money, and Mishawaka next door widens the buying pool for anyone priced out of the university ring.
Investment property in South Bend qualifies under every program listed here, and so does property in Fort Wayne, Chicago and Carmel. St. Joseph County is one line on a term sheet, not a separate approval process.
A South Bend 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 SOUTH BEND HARD MONEY LOANS COST
There is no South Bend 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 South Bend 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 South Bend 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 SOUTH BEND
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The reason investors move a South Bend file to a private lender is time. A bank takes thirty to sixty days and asks for two years of returns. This desk takes days rather than weeks and asks for the address, the price and the plan. In a market where the seller has other offers, that is the whole deal.
Studebaker-era worker cottages and American foursquares fill the older grid, with sturdy pre-war brick in Sunnymede and post-war ranches filling the outer neighborhoods on modest, level lots. All of it is financeable, purchase, refinance or cash-out.
Student rentals near Notre Dame anchor the market, and football weekends support short-term rental income that few Midwest cities can match. Buy-and-hold cash flows in River Park, and cosmetic flips clear quickly close to campus. 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
SOUTH BEND DEALS, FUNDED FROM SAN DIEGO.
St. Joseph 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 SOUTH BEND LOAN SCENARIOS
- 1031 EXCHANGE Exchange deadlines do not move, so South Bend replacement purchases get funded on the calendar, not on a bank's.
- AUCTION & HUBZU Auction and Hubzu purchases in St. Joseph County funded on the short settlement clocks those platforms run.
- BANKRUPTCY BUYOUT Payoff money to clear a bankruptcy or partner buyout on a South Bend property before the deadline.
- BANK STATEMENT LOANS Bank statement underwriting for South Bend investors whose returns do not show the income the deal actually produces.
- FORECLOSURE AUCTION South Bend 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 South Bend file here.
- NON-WARRANTABLE CONDOS Condos in South Bend that agency guidelines will not take, financed on their own merits.
- SELF-EMPLOYED Self-employed South Bend investors underwritten on the property instead of two years of returns.
- VACATION RENTAL Short-term rental acquisitions and refinances in and around South Bend, underwritten on the asset.
- CASH OFFERS ONLY Cash-equivalent certainty for a South Bend offer that has to beat financed competition.
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LOAN PROGRAMS AVAILABLE IN SOUTH BEND
- 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 SOUTH BEND
- INDUSTRIAL & WAREHOUSE Industrial and last-mile logistics property in St. Joseph County on bridge terms.
- HOSPITALITY: HOTEL & MOTEL South Bend hospitality assets financed through the renovation and back out again.
- SELF-STORAGE Self-storage acquisition and expansion in St. Joseph County on bridge and commercial programs.
- LAND St. Joseph County land held for development, financed on value and plan.
- MANUFACTURED HOMES Manufactured housing and park acquisitions in the South Bend market.
- ASSISTED LIVING Assisted living and residential care facilities in South Bend, purchase or refinance.
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HOW WE LEND IN SOUTH BEND
The comparison is the operating rulebook: high leverage, speed to close, capital that is actually there, low documentation, in-house processing and a rate the deal earns. When a bank says no on a South Bend file, this desk looks at the property. When the deal does not pencil, you hear it before the appraisal is ordered.
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SOUTH BEND BORROWERS, IN THEIR WORDS
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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 -
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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The Loan GOAT saved the day! A deal started to go south with a traditional bank despite there being no true issue. Milad having a true understanding of how to get help we are clear to close in 15 business days. Maricruz was the star in this,...
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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 -
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 -
The Loan GOAT saved the day! A deal started to go south with a traditional bank despite there being no true issue. Milad having a true understanding of how to get help we are clear to close in 15 business days. Maricruz was the star in this,...
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SOUTH BEND 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 South Bend and across St. Joseph 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 South Bend 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 South Bend 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 St. Joseph County. Owner-occupied has its own program. If the South Bend asset produces or will produce value, there is usually a structure for it.
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Loan Goat funds student and short-term rental acquisitions in South Bend and St Joseph County on business-purpose terms. Bridge and fix and flip cover the purchase and rehab, and DSCR rental loans take you out once the unit is leased. The property carries the underwriting, closings run five to seven days, and nothing here charges you for paying off early.
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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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