I had a borrower come to me last week with a flip that wouldn't move. โ $50K into rehab. Priced at $700K. Dropped it to $650K trying to get traction. โ Meanwhile, he's bleeding hard money fees every month with no exit in sight. โ He decided to refinance and keep the property as a rental to stop the bleeding. โ Most flippers assume refinancing is straightforward once the rehab is done โ especially if the appraisal comes in strong. โ So they drop the price, wait for the right buyer, and plan to refi if it doesn't sell. โ โ๏ธ What they DONโT know is that price drop just became the number their lender has to work with. โ If your property is listed โ or was listed in the last 6 months โ a DSCR lender cannot use appraised value. They use the lowest list price on record. โ So his math changed fast. โ Property appraised at $700K. Loan at 75% LTV. He wanted $525K out. โ But the lender had to base the loan on that $650K price drop. His actual loan came in at $487,500. โ That's $37K less than he was counting on. โ The fix: donโt drop and delist before you apply. โ ๐ Most lenders need 6 months off market before they can ignore the list price history and go back to appraised value. โ Know this before you cut the price. โ If you're sitting on a flip that isn't moving and you're thinking about refinancing out, get off market first. โ THEN start the conversation with your lender. โ Timing this wrong is an expensive lesson. Hopefully this saves someone from learning it the hard way.