Orlando landlord Brian Lunsford needed $40,000 to renovate a house that a college student almost burned down, so he turned to an online crowdfunding site.Within two days, more than a dozen investors had each agreed to loan him an average of $2,800 for up to 13 months.
Crowdfunding is just one new financing option that has emerged in a metro area where 56 percent of all home sales were paid for with cash in May, according to RealtyTrac. Recognizing that community banks and institutional lenders are reluctant to loan money to house flippers and landlords, several companies have started offering cash to real estate entrepreneurs in the Orlando area.
via Landlords, house flippers find new sources of cash to buy houses.