Investor1,
The 203K loan is an FHA loan as it is a type of FHA loan to perform rehabilitation on an owner occupied property. The building will qualify as long as you change it from a 5 unit to a 4 unit. FHA guidelines only allow up to 4 unit on a purchase.
There is limited financing (if any) for a conventional renovation loan that does not have a very high interest rate of requires a great deal of money down.
If I can help you in any way please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
David P. Cruickshank
Ardain Mortgage Corp
847-354-5455
davidc@ardain.com - Wed Sep 23 2009, 08:35