Even if you have depreciation to offset it, you'll likely still have some self-employment tax. 

Good idea also to verify the employment status of each applicant also if you think they are someone you want to move forward with.

I have always been self employed real estate broker nothing is better than that once you get a book of referral business my wife who has 30 years at it. knocks down 150 to 200k a year spending exactly ZERO on marketing all referral but their is lean years getting there.. you don't risk anything .. other than the 10k a year for her broker and 2k for MLS.. its by far the most profitable small business out there.. some talk about wholesaling but if U don't have 50 to 300k a year for marketing you wont make any big money. 

so I just started researching about two months ago I have a wife and two kids I am 23 in the navy have about 2 years left in the service and I am currently 23000 in debt I have looked at all the different methods to get out of debt and am employing them all so far in the last three months have saved over 350 extra every month that i am putting towards that debt so I should be out of debt and get my credit score up so when I get out I plan on starting with a house hack in texas I have been researching alot and was just wondering if there was any suggestion to me that i could do this far out besides reading books listening to podcasts like people to talk to idk just maybe something i could get started even though i still have a while till i get to the point that i could start investing 

I got a verbal offer from another job, so if i start working there, I will have had no gaps in my employment.  

Construction employment dropped by 1,300 jobs in the past year, a 2.8% decline.Construction had been an engine for job growth in Northeast Florida as the economy recovered from the financial crisis a decade ago.

But any 401Ks from old employers, IRAs etc... you can.

May I ask what strategies are you employing in Trenton and how did you finance those deals?

In addition to evaluating the city job growth, you need to pay attention to any major industry or employer that may be responsible for more than 25% of the market, because if the dominant industry or employer is in trouble so is your property (due to layoffs).

I require applicants to have a minimum 2 year employment relation with one employer.