If I earn self-employment income next year but the self-employment income is derived from a completely different source than the income I have earned this year, does that have any bearing on my Solo 401k account or status?

Getting it Sold at the inflated List Price is another question.My guess is - you are looking at Values derived from "Taxing District" data.

Most retail buyers looking for their primary residence could care less what cash flow the property could produce as a rental, and this can actually benefit you on the sales side since a retail buyer will likely be willing to pay more for the property than a typical investor would.However, it is still possible to do "forced appreciation" on a single family home ... if you buy a property well and then remodel in such a way that the remodel brings it up to the standard of the rest of the neighborhood and the resulting after repair value (ARV) increases the property value more than the remodel cost, then you have earned a profit (though the profit may not be realized until you sell or refinance) ... this is how professional flippers derive their profits, but the same exact process can be used by buy and hold investors.

It won't be derivatives on the secondary market with questions about who actually owns the overly inflated note, this time.

This is obviously this is better than paying my $700/month rent at my current apartment, but I feel like I should be able to get a better deal.These numbers above are derived from the following factors: 3.5% down payment with a loan rate of 3.99%. 

Marginal deals with cost overruns and you make nothing and depending how your compensation is structured with your aqusitions manager you may be reaching into your pocket and come out in the negative when it's all said and done Map out a plan where your source of leads will be derived and what is their level of distress or desire to sell.

Diane, sorry to hear about your derivative trade gone bad, but trading in the VIX has nothing to do with your own topic.

How do the tax benefits derived from REI differ with house hacking?

The biggest part of my success is derived from the relationships I create and build.Let me say that again because it is THE most important part of this business.

On a more practical level, where are you deriving the appraised value from?