Imperial Beach is the southernmost beach city in California, a low-key coastal town wedged between the Silver Strand and the Tijuana River estuary, with the Navy's Coronado footprint and the border economy shaping its rhythm. The housing stock runs from small postwar beach bungalows and 1960s cottages near Seacoast Drive to newer condos along the pier and modest inland tracts around Old Palm. Investors like it because it is the last genuinely affordable stretch of San Diego County coastline, and the Bayside and South Imperial Beach pockets still hide dated properties with real ocean-adjacent upside as the waterfront slowly gentrifies.
Fidelity Funding is a direct, asset-based lender, so an Imperial Beach buyer negotiates with the decision-makers rather than a loan committee. We close in as little as five to seven business days, fund up to 90% of purchase plus rehab, and offer DSCR loans for owners holding beach-walk rentals. From flipping a tired Seacoast cottage to financing a coastal duplex near the pier, our capital keeps you competitive in a market where oceanfront supply barely exists.
Imperial Beach blends a working coastal community with a steady second-home buyer pool, creating consistent absorption for renovated inventory in the $1.1M range.
Most Imperial Beach loans we fund are sized for cosmetic-plus-kitchens rehabs, with an STR DSCR refi takeout sized to peak-season nightly rates. Local pocket coverage includes Seacoast, Old Palm, Bayside, South Imperial Beach and adjacent Imperial Beach submarkets.
Estimated local median: $1.1M · Typical loan range: $715K – $1.38M · Top program: fix-and-flip and short-term rental DSCR
Most Imperial Beach private money loans we fund range from $715K to $1.38M, sized against an estimated local median around $1.1M. Loans outside that range are case-by-case based on parcel and scope.
For Imperial Beach, our highest-volume program is fix-and-flip and short-term rental DSCR. We also fund bridge, construction, commercial, and DSCR rental scenarios in this market.
We lend on beach bungalows, cottages, condos, small multifamily, and DSCR rentals across Seacoast, Bayside, Old Palm, and South Imperial Beach. Coastal and inland properties both qualify on an asset basis.
Yes. Its affordability relative to the rest of the county coastline, combined with beach-walk appeal and nearby Navy demand, supports both short-term and long-term rental strategies underwritten on the property income.
We close in as little as five to seven business days once title and appraisal clear, which matters when scarce oceanfront-adjacent listings draw multiple offers.
We can, though flood-zone and coastal-condition factors affect our appraisal and rehab review. We size each loan to the after-repair value and the specific parcel rather than a blanket policy.
Fidelity Funding Corp · Direct California private money lender since 2006
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