Question 1

Who in Columbia typically uses a bank statement loan instead of a full-documentation loan?

Accepted Answer

Self-employed investors and business owners who don't fit a W-2 box. Boone County's private-sector base includes Shelter Insurance Companies, Hubbell Power Systems, EquipmentShare and Solventum, and the contractors, tradespeople and consultants who service that base often run 1099 or LLC income rather than a paycheck. A tax return built to minimize what's owed doesn't read the same to a conventional underwriter as it does to your accountant, which is what this program is built around. If your income comes from the property itself instead, our DSCR rental loan qualifies you on the rent roll.

Question 2

Does Columbia's lack of a city earnings tax change anything for a self-employed borrower?

Accepted Answer

It removes one layer other Missouri cities add. Kansas City and St. Louis City each levy a 1 percent earnings or profits tax that reaches business income, but Columbia and Boone County levy no earnings, profits or payroll tax at all. A self-employed Columbia borrower's business profit is taxed once, at the state level, not twice at the municipal level. Missouri's top individual income tax rate for tax year 2025 is 4.7 percent, and that is where a self-employed owner's pass-through income lands here.

Question 3

I write off a lot on my taxes. Does that hurt my application?

Accepted Answer

No, because this program reads deposits, not your taxable income. The deductions that lower what you owe the IRS on a Schedule C or K-1 don't lower what we can lend against. We can underwrite off 12 to 24 months of bank statements, or structure a no-doc loan that leans on the property and your reserves instead of your return.

Question 4

Can I close a Columbia bank statement loan in my LLC?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Missouri's residential mortgage licensing turns on the loan's purpose, and under the older statutory definition on a natural-person borrower, never on the property type: a business-purpose loan to an LLC on a Columbia rental is not a residential mortgage loan as those statutes define one. No Division of Finance guidance confirms that reading, so confirm your structure with Missouri counsel. Missouri law also lets rate, fees and other terms be set freely in writing for a loan to an LLC or made for a business purpose, which is how this program is priced.

Question 5

Is Columbia's small multifamily market big enough for a self-employed owner-operator to build a file around?

Accepted Answer

Yes, and Boone County already runs above the state average. The county's 2-to-4-unit share of one-to-four-family mortgage originations was 4.0 percent in 2024, versus 2.4 percent statewide, about 1.7 times the Missouri rate. Investors who self-manage several small multifamily doors as their main income, rather than drawing a W-2, are the profile a bank statement or asset-based no-doc file is built around.

Question 6

What credit score and down payment does a Columbia bank statement loan need?

Accepted Answer

640 to start, and 20 percent down. We qualify on deposits or the asset instead of a tax return, but this program still carries a credit floor and a down payment, unlike our fully asset-based options. Loan amounts run $100,000 to $3 million, on investment or business-purpose property only, not the house you live in. Subject to underwriting.

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