The money is in the long term relationship and regular steady, growing income.

Triple the regular amount for each months water bill.

You can also consider a regular sale with a life estate.

Is there a way to fix (i.e, raise rent, does it make a good investment etc) The lenders (regular / conventional) I've used will go off a % the rented amount on the lease if it's been rented under a year, or will go off schedule E tax return if over a year factoring in rents, expenses, depr etc.

If you keep up the motivation and use this site regularly, I am sure with the support of this community you will be well on your way to your goals!  

I'm happy to connect you with contractors for flips who regularly work with remote owners.

My lender said we can not continue the process without having, practically a regular job because I have been self employed for less than two years.

There’s actually one coming up in a couple weeks in Laurel that Jack and I both regularly attend.

I have found I am way more productive when I wake up early, workout and follow a small morning routine and it really sets my day up nicely sounds like you are doing that but it is great. this also leads me to going to sleep earlier or working on less brain intensive tasks later in the day so there is a trade-off.I think having a job that takes that many hours can be taxing but see if you can flip it on its head.

We are receiving more subsidized rent from the housing authority for our VA tenants than we receive from our regular tenants.