The disclosure of licensee status is technically not a counteroffer, but the label is irrelevant. 

That did not happen....2nd mistake- we did not do our own internal due diligence and perform a background check.3rd- one of my other partners was informed in June that the current tenants were subletting(I found out 10/23/18, yes 3 days ago) and did not tell me.

Here is the scenario and back ground.

Personally, I would put more weight on his criminal background check and past landlord references than employment history and credit reports.

I know this is a real estate site but I think if it were me I’d go back to school and get an education or acquire more technical skills .

From what I’ve researched, I might be able to use my tax returns from the last two years to try to qualify but I’m technically not self employed.

Alternatively you can find someone with construction background to partner up with you.

Screen them/background checks4.

Seems like everyone here also like real estate, so I figured I'd ask for some tips.A little background - I work full time in tech field, but I ALWAYS had a passion for investments.

Even as an ISA, the broker has to put your info into Trend MLS (or now it's technically called Bright MLS) for you to "legally" have access with your own loginID and everything.