He is not an employee nor a contractor for Hud.

Shiloh,For me its just trading one job for the other one is your self employed the other your working as an employee. 

I pay myself an annual salary and have 2-3 hourly employees along with a growing group of agents (ICs).

This is a very valuable approach and time saving as well.My goals are fairly ambitious, as they should be, to retire from "employee" status within the next 5 years.

"Owner agrees to limit the liability of ------------- and its employees and agents to the Owner and to contractors and subcontractors on the project, for claims in contract, tort or warranty to the sum of the amount paid for services or $ 20,000.00 which ever is higher.

Don’t fault him too hard because by and Large His response is very typical of most people who share his ideology of getting paid as an employee .his thoughts on investing in real estate are solely based in fear because he is not educated on the subject and Fear comes from the unknown .

He did a lot of the work on the house so there’s no surprises for either of us there.Terms offered include:1) moving in a renter of his (long time employee).2) less than asking price3) one year financing with large paymentsI like #1 with a lease from me, not to the contractor.I don’t like #2.

Write-offs, knowledge to lower my taxes substantially, write-off's you don't commonly think of, things like "paying your kids 12k a year", and "using 'vacations' as 'team building' exercises for said employees, etc.3.

I guess it’s some sort of employee benefit.

Even when they help me push start my car after the move-in so i can leave, it never comes up...But I do have an s-corp PM co so rents go to that and leases are signed by me as an employee of that.