Va Funding fee - what you need to know

DDA Mortgage • August 12, 2019

The VA funding fee is a great way to help Veteran clients, but you need to answer two questions...

The VA funding fee is a great tool, but you need to ask your clients about disabilities and other loans. This can lead to 10s of thousands in savings over the lifetime of a loan.
  • Transcript

    didier at diddy a mortgage you want to

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    talk about the VA funding fee I had a

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    situation that happened that a realtor

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    asked me to put a little video on so

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    listen you must always ask a veteran if

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    they have their disability obviously

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    when you do the loan application you put

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    the VA funding fee on there and you know

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    a first-time user is two point one four

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    percent if they use it a second time

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    it's three point three percent but if

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    they have a certain percentage of

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    disability that VA funding fees waived

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    so what happened was we had the VA

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    funding fee and I put it on there and

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    then they provided into our security now

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    it being waived so went through

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    different channels what to underwriting

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    with the VA funding fee waived and then

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    the borrower got disclosure showing the

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    VA funding fee over and over but didn't

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    say anything and we got to closing and

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    that's why I go to my closings we were

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    there and there was a VA funding fee we

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    got it all corrected in two hours Boop

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    got it taken off but you gotta take note

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    always ask if they have enough

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    disability if they do have disability to

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    have that VA funding for you wait that

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    is a big deal because let's use a

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    hundred thousand dollar loan if you are

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    using it for the first time it's a two

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    point one four factors so your loan

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    amount would be one hundred two thousand

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    one forty if you're a second time user

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    it would be one hundred three thousand

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    three hundred dollars but if you don't

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    if you have the disability and you have

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    it waived it's a flat 100 so it's really

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    easy to know that and by the way I want

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    to throw this in there before I forget

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    if you put like five percent down your

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    VA funding to use one and a half percent

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    regardless first second third fourth

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    time user but those are important things

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    to note follow through let's not have

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    that VA funding fee on that closing

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    statement I had it happen but I got it

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    corrected and that's another reason

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    go to your closings be there to handle

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    any situation that may arise and get it

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    taken care of I'm Diddy and didier

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    mortgage wishing you a great week

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