New Jersey · Short-term rehab · 1–4 unit
Direct fix and flip financing from a New Jersey lender’s desk — Newark, Jersey City, Paterson, and Edison. $100K to $5M per asset, up to 92.5% of project cost, 100% of the rehab budget, weekly draws, no application fee, no prepayment penalty. Underwritten in-house and wired through a New Jersey New Jersey closing attorney on a clean file inside two business days.
A South Ward acquisition, a Jersey City full-gut, a Paterson BRRRR. The numbers below are how we wrote them.
New Jersey · Q3 2025
Why New Jersey investors use PML
A conventional New Jersey mortgage takes 30 to 45 days, asks for two years of W-2s, and reprices halfway through. None of that matches how a New Jersey flip clears at auction or on the MLS. Hard money exists because investor deals close in days, not months — and because the asset itself, post-rehab, is the collateral that matters.
County trustee or court foreclosure calendars across New Jersey clear on a posted schedule, and the NJMLS / Garden State MLS turns over the sharpest off-market inventory inside 48 hours. PML issues a binding term sheet within four business hours and wires a clean New Jersey file in 48 hours. The faster you can credibly close, the deeper the discount you can negotiate on a South Ward acquisition or a Jersey City value-add.
New Jersey flips concentrate in the $385,000 to $725,000 ARV band — the cosmetic three-twos and full-gut projects that occupy South Ward Newark, Greenville, Eastside Paterson, North Bergen. At 92.5% LTC and 100% rehab funding, a single experienced New Jersey flipper can run four to six concurrent projects on the equity that a bank loan would tie up in one. The math on annual return on equity favors the leveraged operator on every realistic scenario.
PML underwrites the property’s as-repaired value, your Schedule of Values, and your sponsor track record. We do not need W-2s, New Jersey state returns, or DTI calculations. That makes PML the right tool for self-employed New Jersey operators, anyone running income through a New Jersey LLC or S-corp, and any sponsor with a complex K-1 stack from prior closings.
New Jersey fix and flip terms
Same rate sheet as every other state in our book. PML underwrites on the as-repaired value, not the purchase price alone. Leverage scales with sponsor track record, market, and deal quality — and every term below moves on a published rate sheet.
New Jersey market, by the numbers
Three data points from current public reporting that shape how PML prices and sizes New Jersey fix and flip loans. We update internally each quarter; the figures below were current as of the most recent published cycles.
Three deals we’d write in New Jersey
Three illustrative deal profiles drawn from common configurations across our New Jersey book. Real closings vary; these are anchor points for the math, not solicitations.
Essex County, Newark · 1920s 3-family
Hudson County, Jersey City · 1910s 3-family
Passaic County, Paterson · 4-unit value-add
Illustrative only. Representative of typical configurations across our New Jersey book — not specific recent closings. See recent loans →
How PML closes in New Jersey
The same five-step flow we run on every state, with three New Jersey-specific lines. Submitted Monday on a clean file, wired by Friday.
Drop in the New Jersey property address, your Schedule of Values, and a draft purchase contract. No application fee and no soft credit pull at this stage.
~5 minutesA PML underwriter — not a salesperson — replies with a real New Jersey rate, leverage, and a binding term sheet. Soft credit inquiry runs only after you accept.
~4 hoursTitle routes through a licensed New Jersey closing attorney in the subject county. New Jersey does not require a separate state lender license for business-purpose loans on 1 to 4 unit non-owner-occupied investment property held by an entity. Subject-to-completion appraisal runs in parallel.
~2 daysNew Jersey closings happen at a licensed New Jersey attorney’s office, not at a title company. The same in-house team that quoted the deal also issues the closing docs — no table-funding, no last-minute repricing, no fee changes between term sheet and HUD.
~1 dayFunds wire at close. The Essex County e-recording system normally posts a deed and deed of trust the same business day they are submitted. Other major New Jersey metros (Jersey City, Paterson and Edison) run similarly fast on e-recording. PML wires loan proceeds the day of close; the lien recording happens in parallel. Weekly draws begin on receipt of the first paid invoices.
Same day, then weeklyNew Jersey fix and flip FAQ
Specific to New Jersey. For broader hard money questions — FICO floors, BRRRR strategy, the 70% rule, application flow — see the 70% rule explainer, the BRRRR mechanics breakdown, or the full FAQ.
Submit a New Jersey property and an underwriter replies with a real rate within four business hours. No application fee, no soft pull until you accept. Underwritten in-house, wired through a New Jersey New Jersey closing attorney.
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