Employment Growth Outpacing Housing SupplyBuffalo leads the nation in the ratio of new jobs to new homes permitted.

For me it was not necessarily that and frankly most 9 to 5 weekend off parents get way more time with the kiddos than self employed folks that are striving to build up their investments.

Verify employment and call previous landlords to avoid tenants with red flags.Rent Setting: Research comparable rentals in your neighborhood to ensure your rent is competitive.Use Technology: RentRedi is a great choice.

Tenants can only pay rent if they are employed at similar wages.

That does not require employment or job seasoning instead it uses the rents to qualify and you can take out up to 80% LTV cash.Use the cash to put down on the next 1-2 or more properties as long as the other properties are debt servicing themselves it opens up more opportuities to buy more future assets and increase your passice income.  

If you are self employed with no full time employees then you should consider a Solo 401k for your traditional funds and no UBIT on leveraged real estate. 

If you go back to work as self employed, there are some NonQM programs out there that can do a cash out refi after just 1 year of bank statements or P&L. 

The big pros are the strong job market (lots of major employers), good population growth, and still-reasonable entry prices.

I just want to focus on what I do and whether I can legally employ one or another approach/strategy, to test its viability.

Im self employed, roughly make $130k gross anually, 1099 NEC , no debt at all, 740 credit score.