Lastly, always keep your job and build your employment foundation because that keeps you income relevant and lendable.Hey thanks for your reply!

Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.

There you can build up your skills even further and these jobs can pay a lot if you are producing great results.  

When we looked at purchasing a fulling running B&B it was more like 30% with a bunch of criteria we had to meet.Check out this link - https://www.sba.gov/funding-pr...The 504 is for large investments that drive job creation.

I have recasted to lower my monthly burden in case of a job loss or something, but it doesn't allow you to pay off quicker, which is my goal. 

Some can charge less on a job and some charge more on a job. 

It would be a different story if I were endorsing a business that was not doing a good job.  

I have a job that also affords me a lot of spare time in my schedule and I'm looking to use that time to begin/continue/grow a real estate portfolio.

Top producing real estate agents in many market make over a million a year with a whole heck of a lot of them making 200 to 500k.. the other 60 % of agents will not make much but it could be a secondary job and they are not the primary income producer in the family.. 

Long-term rentals (LTRs) are stable due to Charleston’s strong job market, with areas like West Ashley, Goose Creek, and Summerville showing solid rental demand.