I have been separate for 12 years and am a civilian federal employee. 

I normally advise people to self manage for the first part of their journey if they can so that they can get a knowledge base to become better investors.At some point if you get to enough units self management is tough and its too costly to hire an employee so the numbers make sense hiring a property manager.To be blunt, you are going down a risky path for an investor.  

Current facility director and most employees are staying.

I am a small business owner with like a dozen employees .

Situation:1- W2 employee making $230000-$300000 a year. 2- owned 2 properties under personal name, 1 in LLCWhat are the best way to get tax benefits ?

There are plenty of renters due to the army base, a management training ground in Juarez, a large number of our employees always to a home to rent, and other factors.

Ask if the GC has any employees (or dedicated crews).

Hi BP community,I live in charlotte NC, and I am a W2 employee.

Those small teams are still out there, many with DBA paperwork to continue branding themselves as "ABC Small Time Local Mortgage Brokerage" that's been around for 30 years that everyone knows, but really behind the scenes they are all employees of "XYZ Lending" along with 5,000 other employees.

I understand your frustration with the limited tax write-offs available for W-2 employees.