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ricklord2001
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Sep 06, 2013

Financing A 2nd Motorhome

I thought I'd post this to possibly help someone out, trying to do the same thing. First let me say I don't need advice on how to accomplish it as I know there are things I can do and what they are.
Second I presume others have probably accomplished this, but I'm quite surprised at the whole process.
We went to a dealer and were looking at High end Motorhomes and he asked if we'd be trading ours in I said no we'd be selling it. He told us we'd have to sell it first as Banks won't finance a 2nd RV. I'm thinking not me I've had nothing but rubber stamp my whole life
on very large purchases. We found a coach that we wanted with a private owner he'd bought it driven to California to visit MIL and bought a Vaca Home and now wanted to sell it. Very good deal. We decided to go with a particular person for financing cause he was going to do some other stuff for us. Well it's been a week now and nothing except him coming back with questions from the bank. It appears that they don't like to loan money to people on a 2nd RV or 2nd boat. Can have a boat financed and buy an RV or vice a versa but they don't like the second of either. Haven't been denied yet but I never even considered it'd be an issue.
Our situation; high net worth to debt ratio we owe $30k on a $75k value RV and $1000 on a $21,000 car that's it credit cards paid off monthly, own a very nice high value home(no mortgage, and have a very high credit score and can easily afford both and have the assets to pay cash but would have tax ramifications if we did. Plus we're putting 50% down. There are NO OTHER ISSUES other than the 2nd RV issue.
I doesn't make sense at all to me and won't to anybody who has done any financing of stuff through the years.
Again not looking for advice but just passing info on.
  • Financing shouldn't be a problem with 50% down. Find a different lender!
  • I have two RVs and have not had an issue. I paid them off too but it was simpler to get financing and get out the door then sell some stock at the right price and pay it off.
  • I have found that banks often have rules that try to cover every situation and no one seems to have the authority to look at the specific conditions and then make a decision to deviate from the rule, even if logic dictates differently.

    When we purchased our current house (20 years ago) the bank told me I needed a construction loan because the house wasn't 100% completed. I didn't want a construction loan because the rates were higher than the fixed rates at the time. They kept telling me I would need the construction loan to get additional cash to finish the house, although I had more than sufficient cash in savings and I was doing the work myself. This went on for months and I even tried different banks with the same results. In the end I was forced into a construction loan and a year later when the construction loan expired I rolled it into the fix rate mortgage that I originally wanted. Unfortunately for me, the fixed rates had gone up over that year (maybe that was their end game all along). The house still wasn't finished at that time and I never borrowed any additional funds, but I found it so frustrating that despite the fact the bank representative agreed with me, no one could make the decision to allow the use of a conventional mortgage. FWIW, I had excellent credit with no outstanding debt and in the end I paid off the 30 year mortgage in about 10 years.

    Maybe you can find another bank or possibly a credit union that is more flexible, but I remember in my case no one could make the decision. Good luck.

    Lou
    05 Travel Supreme Envoy
  • Effy's avatar
    Effy
    Explorer II
    Lots of people own multiple properties, boats etc. I myself own 2 Rv's. Find another bank/lender.