We are now at (past) the stage we need to decide if we hire employees or go with a “professional” We just struggle to find a good one that we can trust.

LLCs without employees is a waste of time.

Assuming the minor is your child, which, I don't know that you'll be able to legally hire them if they're not, they'll most likely be categorized as an employee for federal tax purposes.You should discuss with your tax advisor regarding running payroll and issuing a W-2, as well as opportunities such as a Roth IRA for the child.Some people might just write a check and issue a 1099, but that's not proper if the child would be appropriately classified as an employee under law.Usually this strategy does not make sense unless you plan on paying the child at least a few thousand during the year. 

With that said, if you want to be an employee and climb the corporate ladder then definitely go to college.

From what I have gathered, it seems as though each demographic is affected to differing levels by variances in the local, state, national, and world economy.The local markets in my town are comprised of a number of different demographics which include but are not limited to: government employees and contractors that work for the D.O.D. and NASA, military members, blue-collar workers, and college students.

I got on HAR/Zillow and was very frustrated when all of the places in the Heights and Rice Military that I wanted to buy in didn't meet this rule.  

. $100K over price is just 20-25k out of pocket, when stock market goes up it's a very small amount for employees in startup and companies with stocks.

Or maybe you should go and work as the manager/employee at a self-storage for 6 months to see what is involved in the operations of the place.Basically you want to have a solid system - a set of processes - that the employee(s) follow, to do everything that needs doing.

Then you could be added as a member of the LLC or you could be a 1099 employee of that company with some kind of JV agreement in place specifying the arrangement.

I am a Retired-Federal, Department of Justice employee, after 32 years of service.