There is always a queue of 1st time home buyers waiting for investment from AHC. Therefore, AHC does NOT fund members who want to either buy commercial or for‐investment property.
In addition, AHC will only invest if it is the first home being purchased/refinanced and it is intended to be used solely as primary residence.
a. Become a member.
b. Request AHC to be on the Active list, the list of member waiting to buy the home through filling out Request For addition onActive List (RFAL) form pay $50K or 10% of the price of the house, whichever is less to get into the active list (RFAL).
c. When you are number “five” on the list, pay 20% (including what you’ve paid earlier) of the TOTAL investment. Keep inmind that AHC investment cannot exceed 80% of the price of the purchased property or $700K, whichever is lower.Following are some examples:
a. Become a member.
b. Request AHC to be on the Active list, the list of member waiting to buy the home through filling out Request For addition onActive List (RFAL) form pay $50K or 10% of the price of the house, whichever is less to get into the active list (RFAL).
c. When you are number “five” on the list, pay 20% (including what you’ve paid earlier) of the TOTAL investment. Keep inmind that AHC investment cannot exceed 80% of the price of the purchased property or $700K, whichever is lower.Following are some examples:
Send a completed and signed RFAL form to go on hold. Once on hold, you will remain on hold until you send us completedRFAL form to be put back on the Active List (AL). You will be assigned the same number in the queue/AL as you held beforeyou went on the hold, except if you held any of the top 10 position on the AL, you will be assigned number 11 on the AL.Please note that:
1. Position #10 in AL can only be assigned if the member has 15% in the account. Failure to do so will "freeze" his/herposition in the AL at #11 until he/she deposits the required funds. Staying in "frozen" for 6 months will make him go tothe bottom of the Hold list.
2. Position #5 in AL can only be assigned if the member has 20% in his/her account. Failure to do so will "freeze" his/herposition at #6 in the AL until he/she deposits the required funds. Staying in "frozen" for 3 months will make him/her goto the bottom of the Hold list.
3. Being on hold requires that the member MUST continue to meet all the requirements of being on the Active List (AL).Failure to do so will result in De‐listing from the Hold. Once De‐listed, member MUST turn in RFAL form to get back inthe AL.
Sixty days (counted from the date on the Authorization letter). Keep in mind that buying a house means completing theEscrow process.
Yes, but make sure to communicate your decision by turning in fully completed and duly signed RFAL within 30 days ofreceiving the Authorization Letter. Otherwise, Member MUST pay service charges to AHC as follows:
*Keep in mind that $800 of $5800 you are required to deposit with AHC are non‐refundable.
If you are refinancing:
Yes, but make sure to communicate your decision by turning in fully completed and duly signed RFAL within 30 days ofreceiving the Authorization Letter, otherwise the member MUST pay the service charges to AHC as follows:
Because we would like to encourage the members to complete their purchase within 60 days. As soon as Authorization letter is issued the funds are locked and cannot be invested anywhere for 60 days. So if the house purchase/refinancing is not completed within the given time, AHC dividend is adversely impacted. Which results in lack investments and there fore AHC ability to help more brothers/sisters to buy/refinance a home free of Riba. However, please do let AHC know if you are close to completing a deal and need just few more days or a week. AHC board, on its discretion, may allow an extension.
Yes, you will be required to pay $5800 before you are issued a letter of authorization. $800 of $5800 are not refundable if you decided to not buy home or go on hold.
Yes, members are paid dividend on $5800 until they are issued an Authorization Letter.
It depends on the number of members in the waiting list. Please check with AHC for more details.
AHC only invests in California and Texas properties.
Yes, investment can be made from anywhere in the USA
AHC does not invests in condominium and apartments.
$700K.
AHC and the member are both named on the title.
The minimum payment is based on the prevalent rent which is appraised by a real‐estate professional. Once rent is appraised and agreed upon by the home owner, the minimum payment is calculated as follows:
Minimum Payment= appraised rent – 7% of the rent + $100 + $75.
o 7% deduction in rent is AHC share of home insurance and property tax.
o $100 (1 share) additional is required that goes towards paying the principal.
o $75 is the administration fee.
In this case, home owner will hire professional licensed appraiser to appraise the property at his/her own expense. AHC will set the new rent to be the average of the two rents (i.e., AHC appraised rent & Home Owner appraised rent). Please note that references to offered rents in neighborhood as listed in newspaper or internet are not acceptable in lieu of the rent appraised by a real‐estate professional.
Rents are appraised every year by a real‐estate professional hired by AHC. Based on the appraisal rents may increase or decrease.
Yes, rent increases and decreases are capped as follows:
1) If the appraised rent is higher than the current, the new rent for a homeowner will be either newly appraised rent or existing rent + 10%, whichever is less in value.
2) If the assessed rent is lower than the current, the new rent for a homeowner will be either newly appraised rent or existing rent ‐ 10%, whichever is greater in value.
Keep in mind that above mentioned policy does NOT apply if home is remodeled to update existing structure or squarefootage is added.
AHC share of rent is adjusted beginning of the year every year with the following exceptions:
1. Home owner pays $1000 or more than the minimum monthly payment, then the AHC/Member share of rent will be adjusted from the following month. Please note that the additional amount MUST be paid before 15th of the month to affect the rent adjustment from the following month. Otherwise, the rent adjustment will begin from the2nd month.
2. If Home Owner remodels or does other home improvement, then these expenses are added to his/her equity on the completion of the work. This results in adjusting the ratio of ownership between AHC and the home owner. Please note that the member MUST get an approval from the AHC Board BEFORE any home improvement work is undertaken. Please read the AHC regulations for more details.
Regular day to day maintenance is home owner’s responsibility. For major expenses, such as roof replacement/repair, bath/kitchen upgrade etc., are added to the Home Owner’s equity upon completion of the work. Please keep in mind that all such expenses MUST be approved by AHC board BEFORE such repair/upgrade is started. After the upgrade/remodel/repair is completed, you MUST turn in all the original receipts. Upon receiving of original receipts AHC will re‐appraise the rent and adjust the equity. Following is an example:
Make sure to turn in all the receipts in the same year in which remodel/upgrade/repair were completed.
If a member accumulates 70% of the shares or member notifies AHC to pay‐off his/her balance in writing, whichever comes first, AHC will order an appraisal, calculate the appreciation/depreciation and then issue a final pay‐off letter to the homeowner. The home owner must sign and return the letter back to AHC in order to finalize the agreement. AHC will not share appreciation or depreciation after 70% of the shares are accumulated.For the home owners who purchased home before March, 2009, the share accumulation is 100% or member notifies AHC to pay‐off his/her balance in writing, whichever comes first. The rest of the process is the same as described above.
First of all, there has to be legitimate reason to sell the house, e.g., moving due to change in job etc. Legitimacy is determined by the AHC board after a request to sell is received by the AHC.
Once AHC receives a written request from the home owner to sell the house. After AHC approval, house can be sold in the open market. All expenses related to selling the house will be entirely paid by the home owner. Based on the selling price, AHC will calculate the appreciation/depreciation of the property. The appreciation or depreciation will be shared between the home owner and the AHC proportional to their equity.
All the expenses related to the sale will be paid by the Home Owner. They include, but not limited to, 3 months’ rent as“AHC processing fee”, broker fee, doc fee, etc.
Once AHC receives a written request from the home owner to sell the house. After AHC approval, house can be sold in the open market. All expenses related to selling the house will be entirely paid by the home owner.
Based on the selling price, AHC will calculate the appreciation/depreciation of the property. The appreciation or depreciation will be shared at 30%AHC and 70% home owner.In case of price appreciation, AHC will deduct the balance owed by the home owner plus the 30% of the appreciation from the selling proceeds.
The remaining balance of the sale proceed will be paid to the home owner.In case of price depreciation, AHC will deduct the balance owed by the home owner less 30% of the depreciation from th eselling proceeds. The remaining balance of the sale proceed will be paid to the home owner.
Yes, the minimum you must pay is your minimum monthly payment you were making earlier. The same applies when AHC owes money to the home owner. That is, AHC will make minimum monthly payments (rent+$175) to the home owner until the entire balance is paid off.
The profit/loss must be based on the investment of each party at the time of final assessment (appraisal), when home owners accumulate 70% of the shares, final appraisal is done. Since majority of the homeowners started with this ratio of distribution, AHC board decided to use the same ratio.
There is no maximum time to pay off as long as minimum monthly payments are made.
No penalty if the house is paid off after 12 months from the date of purchase. There is $5000 penalty if paid within 12months from the date of purchase.
As a result of transfer/sale of a housing unit, AHC takes/pays 30% of any gain/loss realized.
Yes. The process is similar to a regular purchase.
No, we don’t allow commercial properties to be purchased by our members.
AHC’s priority is to fund members who want to acquire primary residence. Since we always have a list of members waiting to purchase their primary residence, AHC does NOT allow investors to purchase property for the sole purpose of renting
AHC ‘may’ allow sub‐letting on a case‐by‐case basis. You MUST request, in writing, to AHC for board’s approval. The approval decision will primarily be based on available covered area, size of the home‐owner’s family and the size of the portion of the property being sub‐let.
If approved, the Home Owner
:i. Will remain single point of contact for AHC.
ii. Will take full responsibility of managing the sub‐lease.
iii. Will be responsible of the entire rent assessed by AHC.
iv. Will assume 100% of the responsibility of any damage occurs to the property by the sub‐lessee.
Consult a tax advisor as AHC cannot advise on tax issues. Please note that AHC does not issue 1098 forms.
You will earn Halal dividend while helping the community members buy home free of interest. On the other hand, AHC business model has proven to perform well even under the distressed real‐estate market. Following chart is the testimony of solid AHC performance in the face of financial turmoil.
Yes.
Based on AHC accounting and Taxes, a 1099 could be issued to a member. However, if you don’t receive a 1099 from AHC by February 15, you will not receive it for that year. So AHC advices to wait at least to that date before you start your Taxes.All closed accounts will receive a 1099.
AHC does not offer such accounts.
Investments were entirely allocated for buying homes for members. However, during the 2008 housing market crash members on the active list went on hold leaving funds unused in the bank. It was proposed and approved by the GBM to set aside some of the funds for AHC to directly acquire property for resale and/or for rental income. This was an attempt to make use of the underutilized investments while increasing the rate of return on the investment. $500K was initially approved and spent to buy rental properties. Further $1m was approved in the 2011 GBM. AHC makes sure that buying investment properties does not hinder or delay the process of buying homes for our members.
As buying homes for our members was and remains our primary objective.The dividend is paid only from rental income received from home owners and from investment properties.
AHC does pay taxes. But tax that AHC pays has nothing to do with the home owners’ property tax or dividend that has been declared/distributed to the members.
AHC would usually pay up to $10,000 within 24 hours after receiving a withdrawal request. Withdrawal requests for larger sums are paid as per the availability of funds. AHC has, in the past, paid $100,000 within 2 to 3 days.
As buying homes for our members was and remains our primary objective.The dividend is paid only from rental income received from home owners and from investment properties.