When we purchased their loan just over a year ago, they were fully employed and we gladly worked with them to modify their loan so they could keep their home.

This limits your income tax liability and reduces your FICA ("self employment" tax) expense.There is a two-day (two 8-hour days, recorded) tax and legal class in the education to which I am connected.

I want to become a CPA as it caters to self-employment of a Real Estate Career where I would obtain client through one services and be able to recommend them to another ex.

I believe a lot of investors steer clear because of the high unemployment and crime, I think investing in Baltimore provides employment opportunities for local businesses and making affordable homes available to families helps stabilize communities and hopefully drives demand. 

Don't listen to the negative thoughts in your head about your age, experience, shoe size, eye color, etc.....Just Do It!

It's a great place to start learning about the different strategies you might want to employ to reach your goals!

For the last 18 months, my salary has been just over 60K per year w/ my current employer, but this month, I got a big promotion (almost double my current salary to 120k).The tricky part of my situation, is that the promotion I got, is actually being paid to me from a partner (affiliated company) and I actually get two separate paychecks, both W2’s from each company respectively.

They can sit down with you and explain the legal benefits between different types of organizational structures; LLCs, Corporations, Professional Liability Corporations, special Statutory Corporations available in your state, limited liability partnerships, general partnerships, etc.There is no one size fits all, and an LLC may not even be in your best interest.

I was self employed and have spent the last 35 years living in Australia.  

If you're slightly outside of qualifying, such as proving income because you're self-employed, your DTI is too high, no tax returns, etc, then there are wholesale lenders that can help and their rates start in the mid 4's.