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Stevie Stacks 2025 Recap: From Airbnb Arbitrage to PadSplit Pro
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Stevie Stacks bought three houses in 2025 - one with a DSCR loan requiring 20% down, and two seller-financed deals with just 6% and 10% down. He converted two properties into six-bedroom PadSplits, pulling cash out first but learning the hard way that appraisers flag unusual bedroom counts as "unique homes," blocking refinances. One house now rents as landlord-to-arbitrage; the PadSplits gross $4,000 to $5,000 a month in C-class neighborhoods where evicting one tenant still leaves five paying.
The episode covers cost segregation on the three new acquisitions, a pivot away from traditional financing, experiments with furnished arbitrage flip deals, and a minimalist Zen apartment project in Fort Worth. Stevie aims to buy ten more properties in 2026 using seller finance and subject-to strategies, stacking different asset classes - STR, MTR, PadSplit, and select long-term - like positions on a football team.
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