I have a 401k with a previous employer that will allow me to take a loan against.

I basically googled top ten employment search engines.

You have a solid reason to reject the application based on a lack of verifiable credit and employment history, and if you accept this tenant and reject others because of credit or employment, one could argue that you were discriminating against that future tenant.

Motivation: appraising is boring, it is a job even if you are self employed, commercial appraisal is not scalable, and does not create wealthRE investing creates wealth, there is the thrill of the deal, and I want to be an expert in finding deals before I make my own investments.

So I do criminal background, verify employment, verify income(paystubs), and try and drive by their current rental property to assess condition.

At 7 years the properties were paid for and I was making more money in a day (annualized) than I did in a month when I was employed and retiring much earlier than most even consider.

No Employment Check.I am sure you can sow.

I thought it would be great to start a thread that lays out all the creative strategies that an investor can employ in their real estate business.

I'm retired Air Force and currently employed as a Project Manger.

The main issue seems to be that primary must be within x miles of employment or your employer shows proof that they allow and expect unlimited telework, which we can't show.