BRRRR without proof of income?

[Brian Garrett]

How would I be able to buy a property initially and cash out refinance utilizing the BRRRR strategy if I cannot prove income right now? That's the biggest hurdle I'm experiencing in planning for my future cash flow properties at the moment. I have a decent amount of cash saved up but even if I used that to buy a property outright I'm still going to run into the problem of getting my cash back out to reinvest into the next property, correct? Is there anyway around this? Creating an LLC and getting a commercial loan instead of trying to get a conventional loan in my personal name? HELOC? What should my strategy be? I just don't want to end up stuck with the one property without being able to roll that cash over into the next one to keep growing my portfolio.

[Jeff Wallace]

@Brian Garrett

This is why the W-2 income is so important when just getting started -

With most rental property price points -  and since you have good credit, money in the bank, and no debt - you could qualify for a mortgage with a decent part time job at Lowe's or Home Depot -- W-2 income will carry a ton of the weight you are struggling so hard to lift and make financing the property pretty painless...  Once you are an established investor, with multiple properties showing income, it still isn't  easy to qualify for conventional mortgages as a self employed borrower  -- Lenders LOVE to see the W-2 -- 

Remember when you played Monopoly as a kid - "Passing Go" was the key to getting started - Later you were making so much money from rental income that you didn't need to Pass Go (collect a salary). Real life investing is exactly the same.

Good Luck