There are no plans that let you put in tax deductible qualified retirement  plan contribution if you don’t have a earned SE income. 

If they can afford to pay the monthly rent payments, they could drag on the case for a while if they go in pro-se.

That’s now how it work, but I do understand where you are coming from.If you conduct you hobby as “business”, and your RE company pays your other “business” the service of staging, and then you will get to deduct the expenses the RE level but you will have to pick up income at hobby business level that is  subject to SE taxes as well. 

We are fortunate that there are many REIA groups in SE Mich.

It's also per se defamation, which means they don't have the burden to prove harm. 

You still have to pay the SE tax of "owning" the LLC correct?

I also invest in the SE WI area. 

Jerry's numbers work for him in SE Michigan.

Homepath does not require W2 income verification per se.

So far, so good but I am about to attempt to raise the rent significantly and we shall se what happens then.