I have been struggling with the job that I'm currently employed in.

I'll be honest... because of the troubles I have had in the past it has put me off employing another PMC.

I ended up getting really bored and started two new businesses within the first 6 months of being "retired"So I still work, but being self employed allows me a ton of freedom.  

I would love to have a place to go to see reliable information about population and employment trends.

We are self-employed and 2016 was our first year of business (so we have no returns from 2015).

The key is screening particularly in regards to employment.

I'm a small business owner (self-employed) and won't qualify for standard bank loans most likely.

When you achieve income, you can then pay yourself from the S-Corp using the 1:2 salary / dividend split to minimize your self-employment tax liability while still showing an income to prospective lenders for personal credit.Additional LLCs are likewise are part owned by the S-Corp and your trust so tey multi-member protection.Remember to insure all of your entities and all or your holdings.Hope this helps ...

With other words, I would have to use up my vacation time at my employer to help out anybody else, so I'm unable to do that..

Could mean you employ a team of people and even though sales are high your net income is low.