I have also told people I am retired and I have the time to add whatever value they think I can add to their business even if it means just stuffing envelopes in order to learn properly.

Given that they just did work to the building they might have given deals to tenants and stuffed them in there to sell.Why are the partners selling??

If you're doing some googleing/searching for a few answering services to compare and shop, I'd recommend searching for things like "web call handling" "website order entry services" "order entry answering services" the more specific you get the more likely you'll find what you're looking for and not a keyword stuffing, outsourced to wherever service.

That basically amounts to stuffing your money in your mattress, very poor investor advice but each to their own.

They are stuffed with useful information :)

If you have other properties, like say a apartment complex and/or commercial buildings in the same town and you have service staff on your payroll (handyman, carpenter, plumber..etc) then managing the VR is much easier without this type of staff in place your returns will get stuffed in a wood chipper!

I had my kids folding hundreds of yellow letters I made on my computer and stuffing them into envelopes.

There are a lot out there that offer a lot of stuffing with little substance at best.

I have a full time job but will volunteer my time, stuffing envelopes, or helping on a worksite just to learn something.

The IRS has no way of knowing that you paid a contractor vs went to the strip club and stuffed in all in somebody's thong.I always have mixed thoughts on these types of questions, so I will answer this in two ways.CPA AdviceStop doing this.