My name is Jason Stutenroth, I'm currently employed as a construction estimator for a walls & ceiling contractor in the Harrisburg area.

What are some of the methods you guys employ in finding deals?

Our university and Gritman Medical Center along with Northwest River Supply and Schweitzer Engineering are some of the bigger local employers. 

He didn't lied I think we just goofed since after verifying employment I remember him mentioning something. 

If you want to extol the virtues of RE investing in Phoenix, you would be better served by pointing to growth rate, diversification of employment, redevelopment, etc. than the cost to purchase as historically higher priced areas have produced better ROI for RE than lower priced areas.  

Some are based upon one employer or one industry and any impact to that one could degrade your investment.  

(as someone who just turned 22 that’s insane progress for me) I thought that’s one of the issues i would run into being self employed and just starting out.

Paperwork:  I use an application I created that requests 5 year employment and address history, animals (not "pets" since they need to disclose ESA etc), cars.  

I'll add that rental income doesn't count as income for the retirement contributions.A Roth IRA is an individual account, so you make the contribution, not the employer.If you wanted to do an individual 401(k) you could do an employer and employee contribution.For a company, if you're just wanting someone to hold the account to invest in the stock market, I've liked working with Fidelity.

Yes, for paying yourself but it doesn't usually make sense to do so since you will also pay self employment tax on that income on top of the ordinary income tax you will pay.