Open a clothes shop, open a coffee shop, make money on ebay, become a used car salesperson- there are many things that allow you to make money besides this.

I have a client whom I am designing a modular home and he has been shopping around for loans.

I am currently under contract on a property that has 2 duplexes (4 units) and shop buildings on it.

My thought was to rent it as a mid term rental on Airbnb and vrbo etc because it’s in a desirable residential neighborhood walkable to schools and shopping. 

But you may need to review your current holding and fill in the holes so that your ship is tight and can weather storms for you to leave a W2 long-term.The above is regardless of whether you want to do SFR, MFR, Officers, Land, development, or Shopping centers.

Certainly there are a lot more hoops to jump through disclosure wise and HR generally frowns on it fin some cases.Brokers at entrepreneurial shops (usually a local company that is privately owned or by a few partners) typically buy deals themselves a lot more.

I'd love to sit down and get a beer or coffee some time when you're available and talk shop. 

I recommend @Yonah Weiss to all of my Short Term Shop clients.  

I also run a business out of the property so need to continue to live in the house in order to be allowed to run the business out of the shop in the property. 

If you see a retail shopping center with one or more vacancies, hop on google/yelp/etc to find out what business used to be there (old yelp reviews, for example).