I am still learning the basics about loan options.I have very good credit (650-700) and no recurring debt payments, but I am self-employed.

Are there major employers hiring?

I am in the terrible situation of not being able to receive traditional financing because of my short self employment time.

I'd love to be able to do this full time someday or at least be able to generate 50k per year from this in addition to my current employment income.I've been a landlord for about 6 years now so I'm not necessarily new to the business.

But if you don't pay a salary, then you end up paying this in self-employment tax anyway.

@My Lo,First, if you have a 401k with your current employer you are most likely not going to be able to do it, typically current employer 401k can't be rolled over until you are either no longer employer or reach a retirement age.If your 401k is with the past employer then you are free to move those funds into another retirement account.

Hillsborough (the town, not the county) relies primarily on Osram Sylvania for employment.

Chances are she is a dead beat, you will find out her employment record when you screen, but the father will not be assisting her indefinitely.If the job she is leaving does not meet your income standards you should reject her application since her future job will likely pay the same or less.

Because I'm recently self-employed, I wasn't able to get pre-approved for a loan large enough to do anything useful with.

Need to have deep pockets and buy right in the appreciation cycle for those equity gain only markets to have a chance at working.People employing this strategy should only have a small percentage of the overall portfolio dedicated to it.