I am not employed at the moment, although my wife earns mid 60s and we have 660'ish credit scores with a BK7 on record 2 years ago.I live in South Florida, near Fort Lauderdale in Davie and established a non-profit a few years ago with intent to rehab/flip houses or possibly build on vacant land given by a local city top develop on.Aside from that, I am hoping to meet someone form the area who has been "down this road before" and would maybe be willing to at a minimum have lunch with me to give me some professional advice.Anyhow, nice to "meet" everyone!

I am up for using conventional or FHA loans, but because I'm currently "self-employed," as a full-time real estate investor and don't have any deals under my belt as of yet, I'm doubting I'll have much luck getting them for now.

Calculate the population change for different age ranges using the population age data for the most current year and the five previous yearsThe increase or decrease of the proportion of people in specific age ranges will dictate the property types that will be in the most demand.Job DiversityCensus.gov under the “Selected Economic Characteristics” tableDetermine whether a specific industry is responsible for a large percentage of jobs or not.Best Case:A market with outstanding job diversity will have no single industry that employs more than 25% of the employed population20% is e even betterDecent Case:If one single industry does employ more than 25% of the employed population, it’s one you trust the future of.This is determined by:Looking at the top employers or businesses and your research (talking to locals, reading local articles)Top Employers and BusinessesFind this information by Googling “CITY NAME + TOP EMPLOYERS)Determine the top 10 employers in the marketIf a certain industry is dominant in a market, analyzing the top employers and businesses allows you to determine whether the majority of those jobs are provided by one or two companies, or whether the risk is spread across multiple companies.This will allow you to track any developments within that company (are they creating a new facility, or cutting jobs?)

There are very narrow methods that used to work when correctly employed, but unless the end lender/servicer has full licensure it would now be an illegal transaction.

While responsible for a relative small portion of the rent and their utilities, participants are encouraged to find employment (and the VA will sometimes help; some of our food service workers were on this program) and save their finances until, eventually, they are able to become independent and no longer need the VASH voucher.  

Some may have been holding back, like GE, BoA, Boeing, who have held off in an attempt to keep employment low for political reasosn (so long as it didn't really cost them anything).

There's a reason many contractors are self-employed.

FWIW, my tenant blamed his employer for not paying him on time when he was late on rent once.

In the future, I think I will look back at those experiences and be very glad they happened.My current employment allows me to put away a decent amount of money a month.

I'm new to wholesaling and investing, although I have enough of a background and have been studying it for a while and understand much of it; just haven't done it.I've been self-employed for a few years now and work has slowed down to nearly nothing.