If you’re a business owner with no employees or only part-time employees working less than 1,000 hours per year, you could set up a solo 401(k) and contribute up to $69,000, which includes both employee and employer contributions.

Albeit your self employeed which I get it there is a certain amount of freedom to that..

Now, most of these smaller banks may only have 12 employees or so.

It takes a lot of time for PMs to build relationships with trusted and licensed vendors in their network.All of this requires time and has overhead costs associated to it (employees).

Also, we have a team of fifteen employees now, with processes and systems to scale.Given my track record and ambitious goals, I'm exploring ways to attract investors for fix-and-flip projects and rental property investments.

Coinbase didn't even ask me for my SSN when I made an account, and it looks like I can change the name/email of the "account holder" in like 3 clicks, which gives validity to the concern raised by the HUD employee. - Now, I am told that in theory Fannie will (and has) gone for it in the past.- I am also told that a few portfolio jumbo investors will go for it, provided you can go back to when you invested in the bitcoin, and show the US Dollars clearing your traditional bank account, however many months and years ago that was, and track every single dollar going into it from a traditional depository institution along the way. 

They are clearly relying on earned income as a quadrant 1 employee - not an investor.

I'm thinking a 3% increase is a fair number, knowing this is what companies are giving their employees yearly.

It's a game changer once you have a few employees and operate that many so everyone stays on the same page.

Lending favors w2 employment.Self employed have; Non of the above. exactly my point if your going to be self employeed you need to make a bunch more than your salary with bene's.