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Dean McCrary Kia Hattiesburg · US-98 at the Oak Grove corridor
Three paychecks turn up more than any others on applications we take here, and each one is documented differently: military pay out of Camp Shelby, a shift schedule at Forrest General, and a contract year at Southern Miss. None of the three is hard to finance around. All three are easier when you know which piece of paper the underwriter is going to ask for, so this page walks through that first, then covers the credit situations we see alongside them. Applying uses a soft pull only, and nothing from it appears on your credit report.1
The Three Paychecks We See Most in Hattiesburg
An underwriter is not judging where you work. They are asking whether the income can be verified and whether the pattern holds. Those are two different questions, and locally they land on three very different sets of paperwork.
Camp Shelby Military Pay
Drill pay is real income and it is counted, but it is usually weighted as supplemental rather than primary, because it lands monthly instead of every two weeks. What changes the read is history: a full year of Leave and Earnings Statements shows the rhythm, and AGR or active orders shift it into the primary column outright. If you have been mobilized and come back to drill status, bring both sets — the gap in between is explainable, and it is much easier to explain on paper than in conversation. Military financing detail ›
Forrest General Shift Work
Nights, weekends, and overtime premiums are counted when a lender can watch them repeat. That is the whole test. Someone three years into the same hospital with premiums showing on nearly every stub reads more strongly than someone earning a higher hourly rate who started six weeks ago. PRN and per-diem status is workable too, but it leans harder on tenure, so bring more stubs rather than fewer — a year of them if you have it.
A Southern Miss Contract Year
An academic-year appointment paid across nine months can read on a bank statement as though the income stopped in May and restarted in August. Underwriters see that shape often enough to recognise it, but they still need it resolved on paper, and the contract letter does it in one document by showing the annual figure and the pay schedule side by side. Bring the letter and the summer stops being a question.
Where We Are in Town
We are on US-98 in west Hattiesburg, along the stretch that runs as Hardy Street and then Evelyn Gandy Parkway through the Oak Grove corridor — close to where I-59, US-49, US-98, and US-11 all come together in the Pine Belt.
Coming from campus or downtown
Straight out Hardy Street heading west. It becomes US-98 without you having to turn.
Coming off I-59
Take the US-98 exit and head west. You are on the right road immediately.
Coming up US-49
US-49 meets US-98 in town; from there it is a straight run west toward Oak Grove.
Coming from Camp Shelby
US-49 north into Hattiesburg, then west on US-98. One turn, essentially.
Start the Paperwork Before You Come In
Pre-qualifying first means the conversation on the lot starts from what you actually qualify for instead of from a guess. It runs on a soft credit pull, so there is no cost to finding out and no mark left behind.1
What to have ready
Your two most recent pay stubs, plus the extra document your paycheck calls for — LES for drill pay, a contract letter for a Southern Miss appointment, a longer stub history for premium-heavy hospital pay. Full document list ›
What the soft pull does
It gives the finance desk a credit picture without touching your score, and it stays invisible to other lenders. A hard inquiry only happens later, at funding, once you have chosen a vehicle and accepted terms. Pre-qualify ›
What happens next
A finance manager reads the file, matches it against the lenders we work with, and comes back with what is realistic. If something in the file needs shoring up first, you find out then rather than after picking a vehicle. How approvals work ›
The Credit Side of the Same File
Income is one half. Whatever is already on your report is the other, and these are the three we field most often from the Pine Belt.
Rebuilding after a rough stretch
A repossession or a bankruptcy narrows the lender list; it does not empty it. What matters is whether the old account is closed out and how long ago the trouble was.
Income that is hard to show
Variable hours, more than one job, a paycheck that changes with the season. Documentable and steady are not the same thing, and lenders care about the first one.
Currently paying a lot weekly
If you are in a weekly-payment arrangement now, it is worth knowing what a conventional lender would do with the same file before renewing it.
First vehicle, no file yet
A blank report is an absence rather than a mark. Underwriters fill it in by hand from stubs and whatever you can put down.
FAQ
Questions From Hattiesburg Buyers
I drill at Camp Shelby one weekend a month. Does that count as income?⌄
It counts. It is normally treated as supplemental rather than primary, though, because it arrives monthly instead of weekly or biweekly. Bring the last full year of Leave and Earnings Statements so the pattern is visible on paper, and if you are on AGR or active orders, say so early — that moves the same income into the primary column.
My Forrest General schedule is nights and weekends. Does the premium pay count?⌄
Yes, when there is a history behind it. A lender counts premium and overtime pay they can see repeating across stubs, so a long run at one hospital carries more weight than a higher rate you have only been earning a few weeks. Bring a year of stubs if you have them.
I am on a nine-month contract at Southern Miss. How do lenders read the summer?⌄
Without the contract letter, the summer can read as an income interruption. With it, the question closes immediately, because the letter puts the annual figure and the pay schedule in the same document. Bring it and the gap stops mattering.
I live in Petal or Laurel. Do I have to come to the Hattiesburg store?⌄
One Soft Pull, Whichever Paycheck Is Yours
Military, hospital, campus, or none of the three — the first step does not change. Fill out the soft-pull form, or call the showroom if you would rather talk it through.
1The soft credit pull used for pre-qualification carries no impact on your credit score and stays invisible to other lenders. A hard credit inquiry can only happen at final loan funding, after a vehicle is chosen and specific terms are accepted. Pre-qualification does not commit anyone to lend or guarantee final terms, and all financing remains subject to credit approval and verification of the submitted application.
All financing comes through third-party lenders, including Kia Finance America and Dean McCrary Kia Hattiesburg’s bank and credit union partners. Dean McCrary Kia Hattiesburg serves as a finance facilitator rather than a direct lender, and the funding lender determines lender selection, rate, term, monthly payment, approval amount, and every other financing term based on its own credit criteria. Ask your Dean McCrary Kia Hattiesburg finance manager for full details on any program.