Having said that, for me part of the pleasure of being self-employed and somewhat successful financially is the ability to help people who are truly in need by being a bit flexible as circumstances warrant. 

We aim to partner with existing community based entities to staff our company with employment candidates from within disadvantaged areas and backgrounds and source our materials from companies within these zones as well.

I have been fortunate enough of been employed in the family business for almost 8 years now and Im currently managing the billing department at my fathers dental office and helping expand the business further. 

I've also worked mostly freelance so I don't have a steady employment history, and I have almost nothing in savings. 

Each LLC, S Corp, C Corp with their Employer ID numbers are separate companies.

This, again, is not the best part of town, but all I am doing is making the units attractive enough to find a tenant with steady employment and a decent track record.So, my repositioning here is to take a mostly vacant property, repair and rehab the units into habitable conditions, find a tenant and move on to the next one.  

Federally employed as a mechanic (been a wrench my entire career). 

I have several years in retail management, 2 years in landscape maintinance, and currently I am self employed doing a little bit of what ever will help build up starting capital.After a friend told me about BP, I could not stop listening to the podcasts.

We actually worked together at a prior employer. 

@Donna Ward If you have enough income (W2, 1099 or self employed/business), then you can push through both loans at the same time.For your primary residence, you can use either a 3.5% down FHA loan (you can always put more down) or a conventional loan with as little as 15% down.For an investment property, you can get a conventional loan with 20% down (SFH) or 25% down (multi-unit).If your rental income is disclosed on your tax return, then it can be used as income for your DTI calculation.This is all assuming that you have regular income to support the loan and clear credit.My recommendation would be start working with a mortgage banker who can help you think through your options and tell you what you can qualify for.Upen Patel, Mortgage BankerFederal NMLS# 1374243