What Is Transactional Funding?

Transactional funding is a short-term financing arrangement used primarily by real estate investors to fund the purchase of a property when they already have an identified end buyer or a simultaneous resale transaction. The funding provides temporary capital for the purchase, which is repaid when the property is resold.

So, what is transactional funding in real estate? It is essentially bridge financing designed to cover the gap between acquiring a property and completing its resale. It is commonly associated with double closings, where an investor purchases a property and then sells it to another buyer as part of closely timed transactions.

How Does Transaction Funding Work?

A typical transaction funding arrangement follows these steps:

1. Property identified: An investor finds a property available for purchase and secures an agreement with the seller.
2. End buyer secured: The investor has a separate agreement with a buyer who intends to purchase the property.
3. Short-term funding obtained: A transactional funding provider supplies the capital required for the initial purchase.
4. Property resold: The investor completes the resale, often within a very short timeframe.
5. Funding repaid: The proceeds from the second transaction are used to repay the funding provider, along with any agreed fees.

Why Use Transactional Funding?

Another way of looking at transactional funding is that it lets an investor close the first transaction with a very small investment of principal. Investors may choose it mostly if there is a very short interval between the purchase and the resale.

Unfortunately, transaction funding is full of risks. First of all, the buyer will have to resell the property so that the proceeds will at least cover the price paid for the first transaction, plus the closing costs and the financing fees.

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