Nevada Self-Employed Mortgage: Bank Statement, 1099, and P&L Loans

Nevada’s economy pays people in pieces: a residency here, a convention there, a weekend of rides, and a bank statement is the only document that shows all of it at once.

A Nevada self-employed mortgage is a home loan that qualifies business owners on bank statements, 1099s, or a CPA P&L instead of tax returns. It fits entertainers and production crews in Las Vegas, convention and event contractors in Henderson and North Las Vegas, app drivers in Reno and Sparks, and small business owners in Carson City. A Nevada self-employed mortgage looks at deposits from every gig and 1099 from every venue, added together. The JD.Mortgage Team at PRMG builds these files around how hospitality and entertainment money actually moves. 25+ years, 3,100+ closed loans, Scotsman Guide Top Originator 2026. Lending in 49 states. New York excluded.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Nevada Self-Employed Mortgage: The Short Answer

Yes. A Nevada business owner can buy or refinance without tax returns. We qualify you on 12 or 24 months of bank statements, your gross 1099 income, or a CPA-prepared profit and loss statement. You need at least 2 years of self-employment and a credit score of 620 or higher.

Who Uses a Nevada Self-Employed Mortgage

Entertainers and show production crews

Dancers, musicians, magicians, sound techs, and stagehands on the Strip often work for several producers a year. Each one sends a 1099. On a 1099 loan we add every 1099 together at 100% of gross, plus year-to-date deposits, averaged over at least 12 months, and confirm it with an IRS wage and income transcript. A show that closed does not erase the year you already worked.

Convention and event contractors

Las Vegas lives on conventions. Booth builders, AV crews, event staffing owners, and photographers get big weeks when a major show is in town and quiet weeks between. Business bank statements at a 50% expense factor average those weeks out. If the gaps are wide, 24 months smooths the swings. You need at least 25% ownership of the company to use its statements. If you own only part of the company, we apply your ownership share to the deposits first, then the 50% expense factor. A 50% owner with $40,000 a month in deposits counts $10,000.

App drivers and delivery workers

Drivers moving tourists between the airport, the Strip, and downtown Reno are paid into personal accounts and write off every mile. That mileage deduction can cut paper income in half. Personal bank statements count 100% of deposits. Keep your earnings flowing into one account and do not shuffle money between your own personal accounts. Those transfers do not count.

Hospitality contractors paid in cash and tips

Independent bartenders, private chefs, and event servers often get paid partly in cash and tips. Deposited money is documented money. Cash that never reaches the bank cannot be counted on any loan. Deposit it on a steady schedule, and a bank statement loan can see it. If you are a W-2 employee who also gigs, your wages are documented separately and are not part of the deposit average.

Four Ways We Measure Self-Employed Income

Your tax return reports profit after every write-off. That is the right number for the IRS and the wrong number for a mortgage. Here is what we use instead in Nevada. Full details live on our bank statement loans, 1099 loans, and P&L loans pages.

Rentals can skip personal income entirely with DSCR loans, and owners with large savings can use asset utilization.

No Nevada Income Tax, and a Commerce Tax Most Small Owners Never Owe

Nevada does not tax personal income. There is no state return for a sole proprietor, a gig worker, or a single-member LLC owner. Your federal return is the only income document a normal lender will read, and it carries every write-off you took.

Nevada’s big business tax is the Commerce Tax. It applies only to businesses whose Nevada gross revenue passes a high annual threshold, and the rate depends on the industry. The large casino operators and big employers pay it. The performer, the mobile bartender, and the rideshare driver almost never do. So for most self-employed Nevadans, the Commerce Tax changes nothing about the paperwork.

The usual assumption is wrong here. People assume “no income tax” means lenders in Nevada ask for less. They do not. A standard lender still wants two years of federal returns. For a performer who deducts costumes, travel, agent fees, and a home studio, that return can show half of what came in.

What Nevada workers earn	How the return shows it	What we count
Show fees from several venues	Gross minus agent fees, travel, wardrobe	100% of gross 1099 income, averaged, with IRS transcript
Event and convention contract work	Net after gear and vehicle costs	Business deposits x 50%
App driving across two platforms	Net after mileage	Personal deposits x 100%
A crew company with its own LLC	Small K-1 after payroll and equipment	Business deposits x 50%, or a CPA P&L

One more Nevada point: this is a community property state. For a bank statement loan, that matters in one clear way. Everyone on the bank account you use has to be a borrower on the loan. If your gig money lands in a joint account with your spouse, your spouse signs too.

A Las Vegas Example: Show Performer Paid on 1099s

Three producers, three 1099s, one total. The 1099 method counts what they paid her before her costs. Her agent’s cut and her wardrobe stay on her tax return and off our math. The figures are examples, not a quote.

What It Takes to Qualify in Nevada

All figures from the PRMG Non-QM Income Qualifying Product Profile, 09/17/2026. No mortgage insurance on these loans.

Buying in Las Vegas, Henderson, or Reno on Self-Employed Income

Nevada has no high-cost counties in 2026. The FHFA limit is $832,750 statewide. Our program runs from $100,000 to $3,500,000, which covers a Summerlin or Lake Tahoe price point. Loans over $2,000,000 need a second full appraisal.

Much of the Las Vegas and Reno growth is in master-planned communities with HOA dues, and some have more than one association. Every dollar of dues counts in your payment and your DTI. Get the full HOA number early, before you compare two homes on price alone. A lower price with higher dues can cost you more room on your DTI than it saves.

High-rise condos near the Strip and in downtown Reno are a special case. Many buildings do not meet standard warrantable rules. Our program allows non-warrantable condos up to 80% LTV and warrantable condos up to 89.99%. Condo-hotel units, where the building runs a rental program, need our Plus program and a separate review.

Second homes at Lake Tahoe must be single-unit homes you use yourself. If you plan to rent the place out most of the year, finance it as an investment or with a DSCR loan. To pull equity later without touching your first mortgage, see our Nevada HELOC.

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Source: JD.Mortgage Team at PRMG, Nevada Self-Employed Mortgage: Bank Statement, 1099, and P&L Loans, updated September 2026, https://jd.mortgage/nevada-self-employed-mortgage/