This means individuals must obtain individual licenses, and their employers must hold state mortgage broker permits.

Tons of turnkey opportunities out there.If you buy turnkey below are some best practices that you can employ so that you can best protect your capital.Don't buy in the roughest neighborhood in the urban core.

The 5K in concessions is just to bait you in to overcharge you everywhere else.

Now I have been self employed for the last 4 months and have flipped this house, which if sells will complicate them even more. ( I am aware of capital gains and how high they are) I am looking for some good resources that I can learn about them.

◦Ensure in-depth credit, criminal, employment and prior residency checks are performed.

I can tell you how I got started - in my 20's just out of the Army - I thought the world owed me a living since I served in Germany for 3 years charged with protecting America - well ---- that wasn't the case - I was just another X-GI who did his duty - employers didn't need someone who could shoot an M-1, march in formation and guard military property with an empty rifle - so I found some jobs in sales- I hated working for someone else - so my friend was learning how to invest in real estate and suggested I do the same - so  I started taking seminars, reading books, buying tapes (remember those?)

Don't w2 employee require employer to pay about 10% of the wages in taxes...

I think there are better reward/risk times to buy than when everyone and their mom is employed, but I think that's true with most asset classes... 

I have been contracting with my current employer for a year now under 1099.

As stated you screen as you would any other applicant except employment of course.