Kinda sucks for the self-employed, but you are running your own business. 

Steve and Barry's built their business on huge TIA checks from Landlords.  

That's a business decision. 

I’m a US Army Veteran and I’m excited to grow my business and my investment portfolio.

Turnkey generally don't exist and value add generally makes no sense from a business and financing overview.3.

For example, he made a huge deal about a sublet in another apartment, which is none of his business.

Maybe work in the RE business somehow; lending, assistant to an agent, the trades or start your own business like lawncare or landscaping to generate money.

I am struggling to find a CRM that combines my Real estate as an agent part of the business and my acquisition as an investor going after properties.

And I realize this is not a new topic... but sometimes hearing it a different way helps.My advise to those planning on having more than one business venture in real estate is to set up a separate LLC from everything else just for rentals. 

Jonathan Klemm might be able to help.He runs Quality Builders, a tech-enabled GC business in Chicago with proprietary technology including tracking and estimating rehab costs.