To qualify for this relief, hardship withdrawals must be made by Jan. 31, 2018.If you participate in a full-time employer 401k plan, you will need to coordinate the distribution with your employer plan provider.On the other hand, if you participate in a self-employed solo 401k plan, you will need to consult with your solo 401k plan provider to help navigate and coordinate

Do you directly employ people or pay a property management company that employs onsite staff?

We can safely say that we don't care about Self-employment tax minimization, only the retirement accounts and keeping independence of strategy / vision.

You will get to keep more of your profit by avoiding Self-employment taxes. 

How do you think an employer would react if their employees came to them and said, "This pay period, I am going to need half upfront (for hours I haven't worked yet), and then I'll take the remainder when I've worked all my hours." 

Watch for announcements of major employers moving into the area.  

It seems that I can't go the conventional loan route under my personal name because I have no W2 income since I was self employed for the last 10 years and I have been transitioning out of those business endeavors for the last 2 years therefore I have no real income to show.

I'm self employed currently but I'm looking to sell/close down my business.

So the BRRR there isn't AS attractive to me.It's hard for me to imagine a market with a good employment base not at least keeping pace with inflation.  

@Jon Lanclos I rent STRs to contractors working at CVR Refining in Coffeyville Kansas.The most common thing I hear is every Monday morning when doing pre-employment drug screens for the refinery is "I wish I would have known about your furnished houses yesterday".