Traditional banks will often disqualify self-employed borrowers wanting to use their bank statement to qualify for a loan or charge them a high rate. This is because we calculate your “qualifying” income based on your taxable income. Business owners and self-employed individuals write off many of their business expenses, reducing their taxable income and their “qualifying” income.
In many cases, ARMs come with rate caps that limit how much the rate can rise at any given time or in total. Periodic rate caps limit how much the interest rate can change from one year to the next, while lifetime rate caps set limits on how much the interest rate can increase over the life of the loan.