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All Forum Posts by: Steven Terrell

Steven Terrell has started 2 posts and replied 13 times.

Post: Looking to acquire our first house hack next year!

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2
Quote from @Ryan Thomson:

@Steven Terrell you'll want to connect with a good house hacking agent in your area and ask them for lender recommendations. I believe they can use her income and your credit though. 

For low downpayment on a multifamily you are going to want to use an FHA loan. FHA loan does have something called a self sufficiency test on three or four unit multifamilies. You'll want to talk to a lender in your area and see if the 3.5-5% down is even an option for you. It may not pass that self sufficiency test.


 Thank you so much for this info Ryan! What does the sufficiency test measure?

The average American household spends around 33% of its income on housing. In a high inflationary environment you have to get creative and find more ways to save and and offset your monthly living expenses. House hacking is a tool most homeowners never utilize, but it’s a tried and true method in building wealth in RE. We plan on house hacking our first multi-family (tri-plex or quad) next year. I know it will be a crucial building block to achieving financial freedom through real estate investing. Once our monthly housing expenses are covered it’ll free up more of our capital. We can then deploy this capital and watch it compound at a much quicker rate. We will probably house hack another multi after moving out of our first. We're interested in a mid term rental strategy if we can find a multi in the right area to do so.

From here we really want to scale up leveraging credit, hard money, private money, DSCR loans etc. Flipping properties will be a strategy we plan on utilizing as we get more experienced in going through the rehab process. Also we want to master the skill of raising capital and structure our RE business to fund bigger commercial deals with multiple partners. Creative finance will play a big part in our ability to tackle these bigger deals. I'm currently 30 years old and my fiancé will be 27 in August. By ages 40 and 37 I'd love for us to have scaled up to 1k doors. Multi family will be the vehicle we use to make this happen. However we do want a mix of SFR's within our portfolio as well. Any feedback, advice, or guidance would be much appreciated.

#househack #financialfreedom #multifamily

Post: Looking to acquire our first house hack next year!

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2
Quote from @Account Closed:
Quote from @Steven Terrell:

Thanks so much Caden I appreciate your help. Do you know if we can both be on the loan even though I may not have 2 yrs of 1099 income?


 Contact local lenders and inquire about this kind of scenario. Some lenders could be more flexible with you.


 For sure man thank you!!!

Post: Looking to acquire our first house hack next year!

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2
Quote from @Jacob Deacon:

Hey Steven, so one thing I've learned in this business is that it's all about who you know. I've helped clients feeling the same doubts that you and your fiance are feeling and I've had 2 lenders out of the dozens I've spoken with that were able to help them out. 


Also, my first house was a house hack as well and It has been the best investment I've ever made. I would love to be able to give you insight and help you with the process.

You have my number ;) text me boss would love to connect you with these poeple!


 Thank you brother you've been a big help can't wait to lock this in with you!!!!

Post: Looking to acquire our first house hack next year!

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2

Thanks so much Caden I appreciate your help. Do you know if we can both be on the loan even though I may not have 2 yrs of 1099 income?

Post: Looking to acquire our first house hack next year!

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2

Hey BP family I need some guidance. Next year my fiancé and I are looking to acquire our first tri-plex or quad-plex to house hack. She works a w-2 job (Old National Bank) and I'm a 1099 contractor (RE Agent).

I've only been in RE since last December. Typically I'd need 2 years of consistent income since I'm an independent contractor. Is there anyway that I can still have ownership of the property even though I don't have 2 years of income? Is there any way they could use her w-2 for income but run my credit for the loan, or do I have to wait until I have two years of steady income for us to both qualify?

Our goal is to put the least amount down possible! Any suggestions would help us tremendously thank you. 

Post: Podcast Interview: How to Find Profitable Deals in Today's Real Estate Market

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2

Congratulations that’s a beautiful thing man! I’ll shoot you a message on here ‼️

Post: Podcast Interview: How to Find Profitable Deals in Today's Real Estate Market

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2

I absolutely loved this episode Nick you gave great insight! Congratulations on going full time in real estate! I’m an agent in the Indy metro area working solely with investors! I’d love to connect sometime and pick your brain also to see how I could possibly add value to your business! Much success to you and your family cheers 🍻 

Post: Indy Investor Meet Ups! Shooting for February

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2

Send me details please Tyler! I'm definitely interested in attending. 

Post: Buyers agent recommendation for an out of state investor?

Steven TerrellPosted
  • Real Estate Agent
  • Indianapolis IN
  • Posts 13
  • Votes 2

I could definitely assist you with finding investment properties!