Toby does a great job selling the firm and giving away free advice on Tax Tuesdays but after that I read on Yelp some reviews of not so stellar service, you get pawned off to a unlicensed employee and have to keep following up, reiterating your questions, and nobody cares.

The relationship is halfway between that of a customer and that of an employee.

I was told if I want to have employees I need to operate an incorporation. 

I have an employee that bought a 40X15 (600 sq ft) prefab metal building for 11,000 then spent 7,000 turning it into a home, for the 7k he was able to super insulate it , create a single bedroom, a full bathroom with laundry, and a small kitchen.

As a former employee at Intel, former resident of Hillsboro I agree this positions investors uniquely to benefit from this. 

I am a federal employee as my day job and intend to stay in real estate investing (BRRRR, and rental properties) as a way to cash flow.I plan on purchasing my first BRRRR this year as part of my initial learning experience.I became interested in real estate due to a close friend of mine who is a realtor, broker and lender.

In either case, if you call the employee listed on her voucher or annual renewal notice, they're usually happy to run the numbers ahead of time and let you know exactly what will happen, though they obviously wont encourage you to raise the rent over the limit even if they wont actually reject the increase. 

The guys at Home Depot are the employees .

He has indicated he has 40 employees that work for him, and he has multiple projects going on at one time.

To add to what others have said, a W9 (which is for contract workers like cleaners and handymen who are NOT your direct employees) gives you the vendor's EIN or SSN and their mailing address.