Request 3 months of bank statements from the company to verify active income.3.

I have 2 rental properties on Long Island, NY and they're both located in the same town.Property #1-Legal 2-family duplex (2 units)-Does not need to be owner-occupied since it’s a legal 2-family-Has active rental permit with the townProperty #2-Single family house w/accessory apartment (2 units + illegal basement apartment)-I live in the upstairs unit-Needs to be owner-occupied in order to get rental permit for the 2nd unit since it’s not a legal 2-family-No scenario where the basement apartment will ever be legalMy family has been renting this house without a rental permit for several decades without any issue.

If your highest leverage activity is earning money through a w-2, then stick with it. 

I doubt he's an active agent anymore. 

As you start closing deals, you will need to reinvest your profits into mailing lists and other scalable activities to grow your business.

Sometimes a pestering police presence can be a deterrent.If the suspicious individuals are engaged in criminal activity, calling the police while it's happening helps too.

There are a lot of people who actively flip and the best wholesalers who actually have good deals (not all wholesalers are created equal) have a lot of buyers looking at their deals too.

Not all W-2 (active income) is eligible to offset passive losses.

The REI community is super active here and you wont have any problems finding connections.

A lot of people in distressed situations, these are the markets where wealth is transferred and if you want it to transfer your way you have to stay active and make offers.