Austin McKnight started in the mortgage industry working for his fathers company as a part of his construction administration team. In the early part of 2007, Austin started his career as a loan officer working with construction and renovation loans, which are some of the most complicated programs in the mortgage industry. Adding another layer of difficulty, most of his business was manufactured home construction loans. Due to his inexperience in the mortgage industry, he was unaware that these were difficult loans, but quickly discovered that he had an edge to become successful faster as a result of his experience with these "tougher" products.