You'll need good contact info for them to be able to collect, and ideally the new address for the tenant however which if you don't have can probably be found easily with some online sleuthing/ contacting their employer, skip tracing software, etc. 

The guaranteed rent is great, but don’t let that lull you into taking any tenant with a voucher—look at their rental history, employment, credit, etc.

You could also ask the employer if they can spread out the bonus over multiple years. 

All are within 30 minutes of major employers.  2) Like most metro areas in the surrounding states and regions, we've had an inventory shortage for more than 5 years.

My issue with the Bay is that I can buy for myself and my employer will give me ~$450k as a no interest loan. 

The number one employer is the state government, because the capital is next door, and the number two employer is the federal government, both are not cyclical and don't fluctuate, if anything their job base increases. 

Once you have the LLC and IRS Employer Identification Number you can open a business bank account to track rental income and expenses. 

They’ll handle setting up your legal entity and obtaining your EIN (Employer Identification Number).

He is supposed to go public sometime. yep the set employment tax Ill have to look at , I would max out the best I can with the income and age 65 and over contribution to a roth .

But, the timing was harder on the next one where I was out of state and negotiating my employment contract with the company that acquired the startup I'd worked at for over 5 years.