If they were an employee of yours or a member of your team in a different business, would you dock their payroll if they made any mistake for you in their day-to-day job?  

Sometimes people over-sophisticate their way into a PITA.   

Unfortunately social media has become a tool that's made it easier for many of these investment companies to get in front of their targets and suspect they invest heavily in SEO services  to get in front of the desired clients (those who lack the sophistication or resources/ability to conduct proper diligence).

Since they are 1099 independent contractors, payroll taxes are not paid by the brokerage so agents have to pay about 20-30% out of the portion of the commission they get to Uncle Sam for income taxes, depending on their tax bracket and individual tax situation of course.

Don't miss the forest for the trees.Set up last-minute payroll.

You can see plenty of examples in these threads, where every contribution revolves around this same promotional angle:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/927/topics/1195612-the-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/1136123-what...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1103837-which...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/62/topics/1156841-scam-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/1159791-what-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/1121289-has-a...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/44/topics/1159791-what-...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/79/topics/32290-jack-bo...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/938096-land-f...Given this pattern and the sophisticated marketing approach, I wouldn’t be surprised if "William Ferr" might actually be Jonathan Halves himself, or someone closely tied to his business.

Accounting System with "Control" ChecksSoftware to manage revenues, expenses, payroll, and taxes, etc., and ability to verify receipts and transactions (the verification is done by upper management to check and validate the revenues and expenses)4.

We were always juggling who was on the phone.We had at most 2 employees on our payroll at one time, so if one called out sick there was a very good chance we needed to go in and cover.

However, the people who use rules of thumb don't have sophisticated software that can analyze deeply thousands of potential deals every day!

For payroll, ask the seller for a staffing matrix, this lists each position working at the property and their salary.