(I'm self-employed in the trades, not that I'll be doing all the work.)I joined this community thinking it would be a good place to network and bought a pro membership for the calculators and access to the marketplace.

You could just cachout refi (6 months & 25% equity stays in) or delay finance (anytime after purchase and 30% equity stays in).If you're planning on staying for a while and like the area I would recommend to get a 2-4 plea and rent out the other half/units and self manage it.  

I just learned that realtors are self-employed and file their taxes on a 1099 form.

Thanks@Stone Jin I plan to self manage for the first year to learn as much as possible and figure out how to best automate but as I add additional units, I may outsource portions. 

Personally I think the strategy is great with regards to rehab, and I have bought a house before with a credit card, but I also had a ton of liquidity and lots of simultaneous projects and it just made sense - and I didn't pay any interest other than 1% to do an 18 month no-interest, which gives me an effective rate of .667%, or just about free. 

Truth be told I've been self employed for 20+ years and have multiple endeavors going at any given time, with Real Estate always being one of them.  

What i would like to know is how increasing vacancies in a class A apts effects b and c properties.Also have to remember we are in year 10 of artificially low interest rates, and this financial engineering is INTENDED to rev the stock market and inflate asset values.And the next logical question is what happens as interest rates go up?

Ultimately, I decided to self manage for the learning experience and cost savings. 

., it is not your self-employed business).

.- if you click on education (at the very top of the screen) that is the doorway to never ending info to get you heading in the right direction, to achieve your goals. set small goals for your self and hold yourself to it!