Affordable Housing Loan Origination Analyst

Anyone have any info on exit opps/career path starting in this kind of role? Had a phone interview today that went really well and was pretty much told on the spot I would get an in person interview. Also was told there would be an Excel test. What can I expect for that? Thank yall.

edit - any good online resources to learn about affordable housing?

 

I presume it would be like any other debt modeling as in you're protecting downside risk as a senior lender. You want to read the QAPs and affordable housing guidelines in the states your company would lend in. Practice amortization schedules, scenario analyses, etc.

 

I believe they lend to multiple states, possibly nationwide. Anywhere specific to learn more about amortization schedules and scenario analyses modeling? I'm pretty intermediate with modeling. I have REFM and BIWS but haven't looked at them in awhile or practiced much Excel at all in awhile since I've been studying and practicing ARGUS. Thank you

 
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I believe they lend to multiple states, possibly nationwide. Anywhere specific to learn more about amortization schedules and scenario analyses modeling? I'm pretty intermediate with modeling. I have REFM and BIWS but haven't looked at them in awhile or practiced much Excel at all in awhile since I've been studying and practicing ARGUS. Thank you

ARGUS is going to be a total waste of your time (as it relates to this interview). As others have said, understanding a little bit about how tax credit financing works is worth the effort. Ditto Section 8. You're not going to be expected to build a flawless underwriting model in an interview, but understanding the hows and whys of the industry will certainly help you understand that model later on

 

You can learn amortization schedules and scenario analyses with basic Google searches. Just make sure you can build one and understand the concepts. Read materials on LIHTC, Section 8, and other HUD programs as well. Novogradac is a good resource.

Also, if you’re doing affordable housing I don’t think learning Argus makes sense. Real estate modeling is pretty simple, but affordable housing gets entangled with legal and regulatory guidelines.

 

I work in tax credit equity, generally a piece of the capital stack for many of the deals you would be working on. My thought is you could become an originator, relationship manager or underwriter simply by staying on your track. There are some helpful youtube videos explaining affordable housing finance, but if this is an entry level role they probably aren't going to expect you to know much. There is a somewhat steep learning curve for this stuff that is pretty much only learned on the job.

 

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