As Bill mentioned, lenders didn't take kindly to be self-employed in a "new" field even though the income was there.

A few contributing factors: (1) my wife already worked remote pre-COVID and my employer is WFH until at least early next year, (2) we're paying an ungodly amount in rent for a tiny apartment without any of the original benefits of living in the city, and (3) we plan to spend the next 3-5 yrs on the west coast before eventually moving back east.The current strategy I'm debating is two-fold.

Tree fell on a rental property roofWife's car sustained $7,000 in hail damage, because employer won't pay for covered airport parkingIs this enough to make our premiums so much more expensive? 

"an LLC with only one member is treated as an entity disregarded as separate from its owner for income tax purposes (but as a separate entity for purposes of employment tax and certain excise taxes)" irs.gov.  

I started investing in real estate when my employer made changes to the pension plan (they stopped contributing to it).

They are basically saying we don't care about our current local employers, we only care about new money. 

Redirected me to FOAC which will bundle 7 and moreDyer Mortgage Group, small local lender "Customized loans for self-employed borrowers or special/unique situations"Fidelity Bank of Florida, Investment mortgages, very small local lender Joy Winslow VP residential lending https://www.fidelitybankofflorida.com/AdditionalProducts/Mortgages.aspx.Five Stars Mortgage- https://www.fivestarsmortgage.com/ 20% down nationalFlorida Best Rate- C2 Financial Corp.

I’m sure there are many variations of this (assuming it’s a spin-off of the Infinite Banking / Bank on Yourself concepts), but wondering if anyone is employing this Family Bank concept.

Courtsey - https://www.cio.com/article/3219718/the-13-best-value-cities-for-hiring-tech-talent.htmlhttps://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/07/this-is-the-top-city-for-small-business-in-the-us-study.htmlhttps://www.crainsdetroit.com/other-voices/attracting-tech-companies-would-help-diversify-economyhttps://www.innovationleader.com/top-10-us-cities-for-corporate-innovation/top-10-cities-for-corporate-innovation/1055.articleSo the Population trend is reversing as multiracial millennials are moving into the core areas, partly due to affordability and also due to employment opportunities, and the next consensus in 2020 should give us a good indication of this. 

@Dave BinghamTks for the tip Helps alotAre there any website allowing researching where are the main employment industry located and how much employment the companies accounts for the metroCitidata gives some of the employment industry percent but don't have the specific companies names and locations