(You can also outsource the macro creation to someone who is computer savvy if you aren't, and expect to pay $50-$75 an hour for them to do it.

I will add that any $$$ needed for operations of business wont require a W2, so I am seeing this from the stance of a W2 for some consumer debt creation, stuff that can wait.

In addition to the right kind of income creation, the sponsoring employer may not have any full time employees other than the owner.A business can sponsor a SoloK, but that SoloK really has nothing to do with the business other than income from the business being a source of future tax deferred contributions.  

A lot of great options out there for self-managing if you decide to go that route; aside from providing the basics (listing, tenant screening, digital lease creation, rent collection, and maintenance tracking) some services also offer your tenants additional capabilities which makes it an easier sell on your end when getting them to transition over (ie. their ability to report on-time rent payments to the credit bureaus).

The value creation strategy was pretty straightforward.

@Brian SinghThe key to me lies in not viewing the Bay Area as one market with one blanket strategy but to pick the areas you feel you want to play in and look for value creation opportunities.

I also assist with creation of work orders, alerting maintenance and handling follow up to make sure the work orders are completed.

Todd, the "social engineering" began with the creation of HUD and FHA, it's referred to as fair and adequate housing, fair doesn't mean entitled to move in next door to me. 

I believe the intent of this section is that hazards NOT of the tenant's creation fall to the landlord.If the tenant does what he should, I should never treat any pests at all.

(ie. secondary job creation?)