What drives us is the idea of generating enough passive income to enable both of us to retire early and spend quality time with our kids while they are still young.

Eligibility requires that you have some self-employment activity and no full-time, non-owner W2 employees in your business.

@Josh HutsonHave you ever heard older people say something like this: "This younger generation just doesn't get it.  

W-2s for the last two yearsSigned Federal tax returns for the past 2 years for self-employed borrowers and rental income/loss MAXIMUM FINANCED PROPERTIES The maximum number of financed properties that the borrower(s) can have is four (4).

With current employer for 4 years.

I've also seen and heard that 9am-1pm works well too.An inexpensive way to generate leads and build your network is to be social, and network.

It is best to approach the owner (if you can get in touch) as finding a property management company will just be like getting employed.  

I fall in the same type of category you do, in terms self employed, multi prop owner.

I am looking to start with an initial investment and potentially grow enough that I can live off of the cash flow generated from renting out the homes.

Things like tax sales and mobile homes...didn't translate as well.My local market (Scranton PA) is a good one, because i can generate 15-22% cap rates in my sleep, allowing me to split profits with them and therefore do no-fee investing.