The average hourly earnings – cash earnings, excluding irregular bonuses, commissions, and fringe benefits – rose 0.1% in September and are up 4.7% versus a year ago.

Looks like a great investment, and to get it $20k over appraisal value is a huge bonus!

I think you need to either pay him a set wage to perform whatever tasks you don't want to do yourself and provide bonus' for coming in under budget or ahead of schedule (his reward for physically doing work on site).

You can sign up for the business discount.

Also get money through bonuses annually which averages to around $400 a month. 

You should be able to sign up for a program like credit karma and get an idea of what it is and what is bringing it down.

I'm essentially just making interest on my money, with a bonus at the end. 

Time is running out but the best way is buy as big an investment property as possible and take bonus depreciation.  

It is a good lifestyle purchase with a side dish of investment bonus. 

I know Discover also runs sign up bonus, like $150 bonus for depositing $15,000 or $200 for $20,000.