He's done everything from digging ditches, running equipment, and now has learned how to draw plans,work with subs, and has his real estate license.

I think this used to be easier to do in the past, but from my understanding, banks have stopped giving those lists out, at least as much.That being said, if you want to see how many REO's a bank and whether they likely need to ditch some, you can go to the following website:https://www.ffiec.gov/ubpr.htmPress "UBPR Reports"Select "Uniform Bank Performance ReportType in bank nameLook for "Other Real Estate Owned" on the balance sheet that comes up

@Matthew Trotter I'm no expert copywriter so take this for what its worth...you can ditch the whole second paragraph.

The city has very poor drainage so the farther away from the bayou and any of its tributaries, retention ponds or open ditches would be favorable.  

But it would take 14-16 months to get enough for a down payment, and 5 times that to buy a house outright.I could ditch expanding the business, and just go out on my own and get a personal mortgage for an investment property.  

They haven't done anything they said they were going to do, and now they are just ditching you. 

Like @Bryan Otteson so wisely suggests, don't kill your financing chances by ditching the w-2 too soon!

What would stop you from ditching them after learning some and basically becoming their competition?

If it doesn’t, ditch it.

Ditch the tenant.