David Steckel

I've had my battles. I've been knocked down, made mistakes, lost things, rebuilt things, and had moments where starting over would have been a hell of a lot easier than continuing to fight. Somewhere in that process, I started looking at the world differently. Everywhere I turned, I saw the same thing: the odds are stacked against the middle class. Everything costs more. Homeownership feels further away. Small business owners and entrepreneurs are forced to prove themselves differently. People are working harder just to stay in the same place. And I finally came to a realization about myself: I wasn't willing to accept the world the way it is.

So I went back to my roots. I started grinding. I started fighting back. I stopped worrying about how things were supposed to be done and started asking a different question: How do we create a better way? That mentality completely changed the direction of my mortgage business. I started building relationships, finding better lending sources, learning creative financing and surrounding myself with people who knew how to solve problems. Today, we have access to an Investor Lending Platform, Non-QM financing for entrepreneurs and self-employed borrowers, commercial and private lenders, along with conventional, FHA, VA and USDA financing for homebuyers and homeowners. Somewhere along that journey, I realized something that became the foundation of everything we do: Most people don't have a qualification problem. They have an ACCESS problem.

But this was never supposed to be just another mortgage company. The mission is to help the middle class fight back through ownership. I want families owning homes. I want entrepreneurs to stop being punished because they chose to bet on themselves. I want homeowners to understand the power sitting inside the home they already own. And I want everyday people to understand that building wealth through real estate isn't reserved for somebody richer, smarter, or better connected. I know what it feels like to fight your way back. Now I'm building something that gives other people the tools and the ACCESS to fight their way forward.

David Steckel, Founder · NMLS #24841