Refinancing House Loan

How do HELOCs and refinancing work?? Is there any way to get a personal loan and use a house as collateral??
Or do you just have to mortgage the house??
If the house is paid off completely, what are the chances I’d be able to get a loan on it if my credit score is in the mid-600 range??
Can anyone refer me to some good websites or something about how HELOCs, refinancing and person loans work?? (I’m in CALI if that helps) Thanks guys!!
A HELOC (home equity line of credit) is a second mortgage loan that is secured against your home. If your house is paid for it means that you have alot of equity and you will have no problems getting a HELOC.
A refinance or cash out refinance basically replaces your current mortgage with one that is bigger thereby allowing you to take cash out of your home. For example, if you current mortgage is $100,000, you can use a cash out refinance to take out $25,000 therefore your new mortgage loan would be $125,000. We offer free HELOC and Cash out refinance quotes, if you are interested.
Best of luck.