Embezzlement of property received by virtue of office or employment says explicitly "...or (ii) are closing funds as defined in G.S. 45A-3, which shall have come into his possession or under his care, shall be guilty of a felony."

As @Troy S. stated, there are tons of uses you could potentially employ.

Especially in today's markets with renters not being able to afford rent and air bnb booking contracting from nearly 600,000 booking a week in the US, to roughly 100,000 as the current pandemic weighs on travel and employment.

People who are employed in a reasonably recession-proof job, such as health care, government or education, should consider increasing their portfolio size, particularly through their retirement plans, like a Self-Directed IRA.

Colleges to take advantage of student housing, Amazon, Lbrands, express, chase, nationwide the list goes on of major employers in the area.

I am self employed and the income reported on the taxes does not allow me to qualify for a conventional financing.

We also bought another one in August of this year that we will be moving out of in March and it will become our 3rd vacation rental.So I use QuickBooks self-employed to track my first rental and I have a bank account dedicated only to that property.

@Paul RumoloIt looks like you already got some solid advice.First you need to determine if your rental activities will increase your taxable income.If they will increase your taxable income - you may be required to make additional estimated taxes to the IRS/States.You can do so by making quarterly estimated payments or ask other sources that already withhold on your behalf to withhold more.For example - if you work for an employer and they withhold $500 for ever $2000 that you make; you can ask them to withhold $600 instead of $500.Obviously - It may be hard to calculate by yourself - you may want to reach out to an accountant for a more precise answer based on your specific scenario.

I feel relatively confident the PM is employing these methods.

None give you everything and you still need to learn how to employ them all in your RE investing toolbox, how and when (!)