I am self-employed, and even though I have a sparkly credit rating and plenty of savings to make the cut, meeting the underwriters' requests turned into an extra part-time job for several weeks.

Don't overlook offline marketing methods to direct people to your website too.  

If you aren't already filing a Schedule C then you need to determine if it's worth tracking the expenses you are asking about if there is no self-employment income that you can offset.

The Ohio Vacant Facilities Fund, administered by the Ohio Development Services Agency, offers Ohio businesses $500 for each new, full-time employee employed at the facility for at least one year.

I'm currently employed full time with the State of Michigan as a Service Specialist.

@Bob Malecki nailed one of easiest and most straightforward methods early in the thread, i.e., form a business entity with other experienced note investors, pool your funds and buy some notes.If you want to leverage funds from passive investors who will not be actively involved in the selection and management of assets, the proper way to do it is to form a 506 reg D fund.  

My manager would notify me to request permission to NOT issue timely pay or quit notice (a good tenant requested a 2 week late payment due to change in employment, and I allowed it.)  

I haven't seen that too much on the forums as a method of finding areas to buy. 

Stocks could correct anyday but the fundamentals with employment and housing remain strong.

Of course, I will also file legal methods to remove them, but it can take awhile.