There are many hang ups to going the regular commercial route; length of time self employed, full doc may not work because you write stuff off or the DCR may not work etc...If you want a portfolio lender, there are several out there that offer no income verification, no seasoning, and no specific length of time self employed.Hope this helps,Stephanie  

Use your regular job (W-2 income)to leverage a 2-4 unit property. 

I do visit SF regularly as well !

Its not  bad program but compare with regular internet rate and see if its make sense to take higher rate. 

Track all income and expenses of your projects in report form and review that regularly with people you trust in an attempt to reduce expenses and increase income.  

Either regular rental or to students.

Make your Team members prove their ability before cut them loose to take care of things you are responsible for.Track all of the income and expenses on projects you do in a report form and analyze them regularly with a few people you trust to help you and you might be able to cut your expenses and increase your income.

For people who anticipate moving regularly, buying may not make sense.

The interest income from a loan payment is regular income, not capital gain no matter how long you have the note in your portfolio, and this is why I buy notes in my SDIRA for my personal portfolio.

Should I use a service to collect the payments and monitor for non payments?