Self-Employed Mortgages in Dallas–Fort Worth
Your tax return is written to minimize income. Your mortgage application reads it as if it were maximizing income. That gap is the entire problem — and it is usually solvable.
| At a glance | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full documentation | Two years of returns, averaged, with add-backs for depreciation and certain one-time expenses |
| Bank statement | 12 or 24 months of deposits with an expense factor; no tax returns used |
| Profit & loss | CPA-prepared P&L, sometimes with limited statement support |
| Asset depletion | Qualifying income derived from liquid assets rather than earnings |
Start before you file
The single highest-leverage conversation a self-employed buyer can have happens before the next return is filed, not after. A deduction that saves you a few thousand in tax can cost you six figures of purchasing power for two years. That's a trade worth making deliberately rather than by accident.
Add-backs people forget
Depreciation, amortization, depletion, business use of home, and certain non-recurring expenses can often be added back to qualifying income. So can one-time losses that are properly documented as non-recurring. Whether they get added back depends on how the file is presented.
Bank statement pricing is a real cost
Non-QM bank statement programs carry higher rates than agency financing. Sometimes the right answer is to use one now and refinance to conventional in two years once the returns support it. Sometimes the right answer is to restructure how you take income and wait. I'd rather show you both than sell you the one I have.
What this program looks like on your numbers
Select Self-Employed in the calculator below to see the payment, the mortgage insurance treatment, and where the contribution ceiling binds.
Where should the benefit go?
Assumptions — edit any of these
On Auto, conventional mortgage insurance is estimated
from a built-in premium grid by credit range and loan-to-value, and FHA uses the factors above. Those are
illustrative approximations — the live rate card is in src/data/mi-rates.js. Override any
single file with your actual quote using the
% / yr or $ / mo control. Credit-tier rate adjustments and interested-party
contribution ceilings are applied automatically from the loan program, credit range, and loan-to-value.
Interest rate and buydown cost come from the loaded wholesale rate sheet: the base price at each rate for
your lock period, plus the loan-level price adjustments for credit, LTV, occupancy and loan size. The rate
shown is par — the cheapest rate that costs you nothing — and a buydown walks down that same
ladder for whatever the benefit actually pays for. Commission is negotiable and not set by law; the figures
above are placeholders for illustration, not an offer.
Tell me your payment. I’ll build the plan around it.
Send the monthly number you’re comfortable with and I’ll come back with a purchase range, a loan program comparison, and what the BuyBorrow Advantage™ benefit looks like on your file.