However, I’m concerned that the recent employment gap, combined with the instability of contract work, might make it difficult to qualify for a loan.I reached out to the broker with these concerns but haven’t heard back, so I’m turning to BiggerPockets for advice.What’s the best path forward?

We are debating if we should buy a condo here (we would need to live in a fairly expensive neighborhood such as Westwood or Santa Monica due to commuting schedules), invest in long distance real estate, or some combination.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lWz4pirkXlbpASNKBMV1RIpp...Cost: $360KRents: ~2800/month (both units combined)Area: West Tulsa (not the best area in town but pockets of West Tulsa are good and in close proximity to downtown).

You can combine total rent for all of the units for the income and do the same for estimated expenses.

Wander combines the quality of a luxury hotel with the comfort of a vacation home to create an experience guests love. 70% of Wander guests are affluent, with net worths exceeding $1M.

So a lot of people (myself included) combine MTR and STR using airbnb and VRBO.

Run-of-the-mill nice is fine, but to excel, you need to do something different (interesting design, or game rooms, or hot tubs, or themes, or some combination of these or other tactics). 

Also on same lot has detached J-ADU 1-1 about 600SF combined  rental $33-3500 monthly income.

I'm more active right now than I have ever been, and will buy more real estate in 2025 than I have in my entire rest of my career combined.

CrowdStreet, SyndicationPro)    D) Sharing an Excel or Google Sheets financial model     E) Phone or video call walkthrough (no documents)    F) In-person meeting with printed materials (pen & paper)    G) Other (please reply with yours)Please vote by replying below with any combination of A, B, C, D, E, F, or G.