Most self employed people think they make a ton of money which may be true but they "Never" show it on their Net profits because of all of the deductions and write offs.

i was told by a few people on bigger pockets and bank manager assume , not the amount you need but enough to help if you got money on your own to add,

Aloha Chance,  I often say "meet people where they are at" which means you can't use a cookie cutter, one size fits all approach. 

I've heard about people creating Property Management businesses and billing their properties for service... which seams easier but I know that subjects me to self employment tax (but does open up other possibilities of self employed 401ks and such).

In a 1031 you are time constrained and a lot of people have low deal flow right now because inventory is very low in most places.

The end result is I have people looking to help me build my business that I only have to pay when they get results. 

Competition is definitely lower as well as prices, but distance is usually a factor for most people.

I feel people are forgetting who he is.Brandon started out small, like all of us.

I've recently seen people giving advise to take out a HELOC as a means to pay your normal everyday expenditures including bills, and at the same time, taking your paycheck from job and applying it every month towards your mortgage payment.

I've been doing some research for a while, but I'd really appreciate advice from people who are already house hacking.