BTW, it is illegal for a seller to receive any proceeds from the short sale,  however,  they may be qualified for relocation $$$ or other reimbursable expenses.   

If you have your own business/self-employed you might qualify for a Solo 401(k) or multi-participant 401k whereby you can self-direct into real estate with those funds. 

I thank them for their interest and let them know they do not qualify. 

Required distributions from qualified retirement plans.This is controlled by Section 401.

Higher assets or cash in the bank increases what is called you compensating factors which banks/lenders use to qualify.

As Brittany referenced, you do not need a two year history in order to utilize the income in qualifying, in fact you can use the income with no tax filing in certain cases.

Use a DSCR loan (or conventional if you can qualify).

I'm looking at investing in several out-of-state markets (potential BRRRR strategy in mind), I have a list of qualifiers that I'm sussing out to determine viable markets but would love to know: what data helps in determining a good market to invest?

We can't risk a client sending an unlicensed or non-qualified contractor into the property as we share liability for that.  

I would like to qualify for a BRRRR after everything is finish.Thank in advance for the information.