Are Rents Dropping Too Fast for DSCR Loans? Ep 367
Wed Feb 04 2026
When rents cool off, and your DSCR loan no longer pencils the way it did on paper, what’s your best move: conventional, DSCR, or something else? In this episode of Chasing Financial Freedom, Ryan DeMent breaks down the good, bad, and ugly of conventional vs. DSCR loans, how falling rents and tighter DSCR ratios are exposing weak deals, and what smart investors are doing now with reserves, prepayment penalties, and rent underwriting so they can keep scaling without blowing up their portfolio.
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When rents cool off, and your DSCR loan no longer pencils the way it did on paper, what’s your best move: conventional, DSCR, or something else? In this episode of Chasing Financial Freedom, Ryan DeMent breaks down the good, bad, and ugly of conventional vs. DSCR loans, how falling rents and tighter DSCR ratios are exposing weak deals, and what smart investors are doing now with reserves, prepayment penalties, and rent underwriting so they can keep scaling without blowing up their portfolio.