Institutional lenders will look at your non/short employement as a negative. 

At some point, if your business takes off, the single member LLC gives you optionality to move to an S Corp (which typically means less self employment taxes). 

And what your prior occupation was/is  do you have monthly retirement pay from a W 2.Or are you self employed your whole life and the only one that is going to help you in retirement is yourself.. ??? 

.- Plan: apply this rate to pass-through and self-employment business income.

In all my years of Property Management in one of the most tenant friendly Cities in the World, I bet there will be a lot of interested people, regardless if they are actually planning on buying in a tenant friendly City.My management style would be considered highly unusual as I approach these issues so that it becomes a win-win situation and take into account the human element of the tenant.There is potential for me to add more to that Podcast to include how the Portfolio did over the 28 years growth period (1998 to 2025) with real numbers.There will be things like making the Portfolio safer as I age by paying off the Mortgages and increasing cash flow, etc.I'm also a Cloud Software developer (Salesforce specifically) and will be employing a lot of A.I. in 2025.The RE Portfolio is cash flowing very well and I can afford to integrate experimental A.I. to test it out.Things like A.I.

No need for tax returns, Verification of Employment, or income.

Also Solo 401k could be a better option for you if you're self employed with no FT W2 employees.   

They are farily easy and do nto require much to get started and the Max LTV is going to be 75% but I have seen some exceptions to 80%.Rates are subject to a few thing like loan amount, property type, number of units, credit score and downpayment.DSCR allows you to purchase with No employment and No tax returns so its a little easier. 

This includes the strategies and actions  you employ by being able to do your own deals without any assistance.

With all six lots in walking distance of the Eisenhower Avenue Metro, the major government employers listed above, and Caryle Crossings, as well as The Foundry (another mixed-use development), the Alexandria Planning Development Division Chief Rob Kerns, described these 6 lot developments as the "next logical step" in the cities effort to further densify the area.