{"id":56523,"date":"2011-06-03T08:15:29","date_gmt":"2011-06-03T08:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=56523"},"modified":"2013-09-20T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-20T14:44:23","slug":"refi-on-2-famil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/06\/refi-on-2-famil\/","title":{"rendered":"Refi on 2 Family Being Used as 1 Fam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to do a cash out refinance on my house but have been denied because it is a legally converted 2 family being used as a 1 fam.(A couple of doors have been removed that separate the units and the 2nd kitchen has been removed)<br \/>\nWhat I am trying to find out is the easiest way to get the loan approved. From talking to the underwriter I have two options: 1- have it appraise as a 2 fam and 2- have it &#8220;re-zoned&#8221; as a 1 family.<br \/>\n If I want it appraised as a 2 fam, what is the minimum an appraiser would need to see as far as the 2nd kitchen in terms of appliances, sinks and cabinetry.<br \/>\n If I want it mortgaged as a 1 Fam. what exactly would I need to get changed.  What do the banks look at to make this determination(they couldn&#8217;t give me a straight answer).<br \/>\nAny help would be appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am trying to do a cash out refinance on my house but have been denied because it is a legally converted 2 family being used as a 1 fam.(A couple of doors have been removed that separate the units and the 2nd kitchen has been removed) What I am trying to find out is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176570,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-56523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mortgage"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/06\/refi-on-2-famil\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Refi on 2 Family Being Used as 1 Fam","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/06\/refi-on-2-famil\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2011\/06\/refi-on-2-famil\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Mortgage","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"stupidmutt"}],"creator":["stupidmutt"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2011-06-03T08:15:29Z","datePublished":"2011-06-03T08:15:29Z","dateModified":"2013-09-20T14:44:23Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Refi on 2 Family Being Used as 1 Fam\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/refi-on-2-famil\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.brownstoner.com\\\/forum-archive\\\/2011\\\/06\\\/refi-on-2-famil\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Mortgage\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"stupidmutt\"}],\"creator\":[\"stupidmutt\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Forum Archive\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2011-06-03T08:15:29Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-03T08:15:29Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-09-20T14:44:23Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/brownstoner.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","print_hed":"","photo_gallery":[],"print_subhed":"","print_slug":"","syndication_thumb":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176570"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56523"},{"taxonomy":"districts","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/districts?post=56523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}