My wife's employer offers a 401a through Fidelity for retirement and will match 50 cents per dollar, up to 4% of your income.

And when they moved out they had the carpet steam cleaned ... which prob really awakened the odor.The tenants ended up buying a house about 2 miles away, and the H/W are both gainfully employed with very good local jobs.

Because I'm involved in the short sale side of the business, my options are somewhat limited my my employer, as I'm not allowed to buy any short sales or foreclosures that my company services/owns. 

I weight great rental history and employment history much higher than credit.  

I am currently employed as an engineer, partner to California electrical contracting company, and most importantly a part-time real estate investor.I am no stranger to investing, although I would not consider myself an expert.

The investor purchased the asset with the intention of renovating the units and adding value by increasing rents.South Shore remains to be one of the most undervalued neighborhoods in the City of Chicago relative to employment, average house hold income, occupancy levels and rents.

I'm an HR manager and none of our employees get paid until they perform and all employment agreements are "at will".  

I have a basic criteria for searching. research the crime rate, median income, the employment rate and types of employment, quality and different forms of education.

Thanks for the mention @Alex Chin, wholesaling is just one of the strategies I employ.  

Then he would lease the property from me for 2 years (sufficient time for him to finally get financing considering his self-employment status), and then buy the house back from me for 200k (this way he gets 30k equity off the bat, assuming the house is still valued at 230k).