All the details of their business is in their SEC S-11 document at http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1557255/000104746912011176/a2212083zs-11a.htmFirst line of the prospectus: "Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp. is a newly organized Maryland corporation focused on the acquisition, renovation, leasing and management of single-family properties for rental income and long-term capital appreciation.As for employees, many of these type of companies do not have any.

I'll keep you posted.Will Barnard Do you recommend that I change my pay structure with my employer to be treated as an employee instead of a contractor so I can show more income on my tax return?

American employees now compete with people working in countries without the inflation, so wages aren't pressured to rise with inflation.That said, do you believe that rents and real estate values will follow inflation as they historically have or do you believe that they will stay stagnate with wages?

I guess its just life of a property owner if you dont want to self manage or manage employees.

Steven Hamilton II is it possible to set up an LLC with Chris's wife and children as employees to reduce his AGI?

F Foster, Ed Nunno is talking about buying, not selling.

a transfer tax should actually be called "the village wants your $ so they can continue to fund their employees' pension & waste $ on useless programs" stamp.

AFAIK, there are two components in solo 401k deferral: a) salary deferral by the "employee" and b) profit sharing by the "employer".

They paid a higher than normal rent for a shorter lease and the company is there to stand behind the employees in case of damage, etc.

Any bank can do this, there are used all the time by small business ... you can allow employees to deposit the till after close w/o giving them any further access to the business account.