Stevie Stacks 2025 Recap: From Airbnb Arbitrage to PadSplit Pro

We were supposed to share this with you before the New Year, but as the saying goes—it’s better late than never!

In this solo episode, Steve "Stevie Stacks" gets real about "tending the garden" of his real estate portfolio. From buying houses with zero bank involvement to converting properties into high-cash-flow PadSplits, this is the raw blueprint of how he navigated 2025 and why he’s targeting 10 houses in 2026.

Key Highlights from the 2025 Recap:

Portfolio Growth: How Steve purchased 3 houses in Grand Prairie, North Mission Hills, and Euless—using seller financing for two of them to avoid the "BS" of traditional banks.

The PadSplit Pivot: The technical process of converting 3 and 4-bedroom homes into 6-bedroom affordable housing units that can generate up to $5,000/month.

Finance Mastery: Insights into doing two cash-out refis and why he’s sitting on cash to wait for "great" rather than "okay" opportunities.

The "Appraisal Trap": A must-hear warning about why you should never put up PadSplit walls until after your reappraisal is complete.

Tax Strategies: Using Cost Segregation and 100% bonus depreciation to wipe out tax burdens and fuel the "velocity of money."

Passion Projects: Steve’s move into "Zen" minimalist design for a new Fort Worth apartment arbitrage.

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