Asset-Based Mortgage Planning

Turn Assets Into a Mortgage Planning Number

Explore how asset balances and calculation assumptions change a monthly income illustration. Adam can then review which assets and mortgage options fit your situation.

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Asset Depletion Income Calculator

Compare illustrative calculation periods. The percentages and periods below are adjustable examples, not verified lender terms or a qualification decision.

Assets & Income

All starting balances are examples. The starting percentages include 100% of checking, brokerage, and other liquid assets, and 70% of retirement assets. These are illustrative assumptions, not lender eligibility rules.

Enter only the balances you want to model after setting aside funds for the down payment, closing costs, and reserves. This calculator does not subtract those amounts, taxes, penalties, or existing claims against the accounts automatically.

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Optional income for this illustration, subject to lender review. Do not count the same assets both here as income and above as a balance.
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For an arithmetic comparison only. Include principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and HOA dues. Other debts and lender debt-to-income limits are not calculated.
Illustrative calculation period
All periods are illustrations. Changing the divisor does not establish that a program using it is available or that the same assets would qualify.

Adjust the percentage of each entered balance included in the illustration. These percentages do not establish eligibility. The applicable program may use a different asset pool, percentage, deduction, or calculation entirely.

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Illustrative Monthly Asset Income

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Entered balances × assumed inclusion percentages ÷ selected months. This is not verified qualifying income.

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  • Balances after assumed percentages $0
  • Illustrative asset income (selected period) $0
  • Combined monthly income illustration $0

How to read this illustration

Planning estimate

Enter balances and an optional payment to compare assumptions. A lender must separately determine eligible assets, qualifying income, debts, and the permitted housing payment.

Estimates only. Not a quote, loan offer, approval, commitment to lend, or Loan Estimate. Asset-utilization treatment varies by program, asset type, account ownership, liquidity, seasoning, credit profile, property, and full underwriting review.

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This calculator is for educational planning only. It does not determine whether any borrower qualifies for a mortgage.

What asset depletion income actually means

An asset-depletion calculation may convert eligible assets into monthly qualifying income under a lender's rules. The lender determines the eligible asset pool and required adjustments before applying the formula. This calculation does not by itself require monthly withdrawals. Names such as asset utilization can describe different methods at different lenders; a securities-backed line that pledges investments is a separate arrangement.

What changing the calculation period shows

Dividing the same assumed balance by fewer months produces a larger number. It does not show that the shorter-period option is available, less expensive, or a better fit. The 36-, 60-, and 84-month views are examples. Actual programs can accept different assets and apply different deductions, so changing only the divisor is not a complete program comparison.

For example, Fannie Mae's employment-related asset method uses a defined eligible asset pool and divides net documented assets by the loan's amortization term. A 30-year loan uses 360 months. Selecting 360 here does not reproduce that method or its eligibility requirements.

Which borrowers use this?

This can be useful for retirees, founders after a liquidity event, high-net-worth borrowers, investors, business owners with low taxable income, and borrowers whose assets tell a stronger story than their tax returns.

Which assets usually need a closer review

Retirement accounts, business accounts, recently deposited funds, gifted balances, and accounts in trust or LLC ownership often need additional review. Account ownership, seasoning, liquidity restrictions, and tax treatment can all change how an asset is counted — or whether it is counted at all.

Estimates only. Not a quote, loan offer, approval, commitment to lend, or Loan Estimate. Asset-utilization treatment varies by program, asset type, account ownership, liquidity, seasoning, credit profile, property, and full underwriting review.

Related asset-based mortgage pages

Asset Depletion Mortgages — Texas Statewide overview of asset-based qualification programs. High-Net-Worth Mortgage Private-wealth structures for complex balance sheets.