Of course one might say …oh well he is an independent contractor, you should sign a contract that says blah blah …great ..then I will tell you once you and your attorney will be fighting the case in court and you will be wasting your money and time deliberating contract law and proving that he had his own brush hence he acted as an independent contract and his attorney will be accusing you of negligence as the work place was unsafe ….I will be looking for a next crib to flip while Javier will be collecting $600 a month state money watching Telemundo

I find that if you ask questions about tenure, punctuality, workplace disputes and other things of that nature, you are able to get a better feel of the tenant.

Permits, where I am, run a few hundred dollars and having the inspector sign off on the work, places the responsibility on them not me.

The workplace can be competitive and challenging.

Here are the phase-out ranges for 2018: For single taxpayers covered by a workplace retirement plan, the phase-out range is $63,000 to $73,000, up from $62,000 to $72,000.For married couples filing jointly, where the spouse making the IRA contribution is covered by a workplace retirement plan, the phase-out range is $101,000 to $121,000, up from $99,000 to $119,000.For an IRA contributor who is not covered by a workplace retirement plan and is married to someone who is covered, the deduction is phased out if the couple’s income is between $189,000 and $199,000, up from $186,000 and $196,000.For a married individual filing a separate return who is covered by a workplace retirement plan, the phase-out range is not subject to an annual cost-of-living adjustment and remains $0 to $10,000.The income phase-out range for taxpayers making contributions to a Roth IRA is $120,000 to $135,000 for singles and heads of household, up from $118,000 to $133,000.

My far does a lot of commercial office / workplace design and renovation. 

@Edwin L. An

I might add:  Be sure your degree is something of value in the work place.

Usually, you would lose your housing allowance if you moved within a certain distance of your workplace.  

(no turns cost, no fix up cost--just collect the rent).You could also tell him to go apply at Temporary Work places and make some extra cash in addition to his regular job.Good Luck!