I’m certainly interested in maximizing my first home purchase by acquiring a property with ideally four units and living in one.

@Danny Lyu  If you're getting 10% down on that loan product, I would definitely do that and just close in your personal name. 

But with this being a 5 unit multi-family building most lenders do not offer a loan product that will take the STR revenue into account. 

In my area there are a few small regional banks that have competitive DSCR products.

We are not flipping the house are are just trying to acquire it. 

My brother and I, both out-of-state investors, recently acquired a long-term rental property in the Boerne area (near Leon Springs).

If your goal is to acquire many units, consider looking into more affordable markets such as Akron, Cleveland, Dayton, and Toledo, which tend to be more favorable for this type of investment.

Another way is to switch your product from 30 year fixed to a 5/1 ARM so now you're taking program or financial risk to arrive at a lower rate such that you can pass this FHA SS rule (5/1 ARM FHA has a lower rate by up to .50% than the 30 year product typically).

A company can go up in value by increasing it's customer base, increasing it's product offering or increasing its prices. 

We expect to continue to acquire properties as a group.At the moment, I've been collecting recommendations on suitable attorneys.