I've seen the city put up bids on modernization bids, however the problem when working with LA City is that they have too many old hags behind the computer and older employees doesn't want the upgrade because it is a new learning curve.

There are companies with hundreds and thousands of employees in this business with full time legal staff who are securities attorneys.

Down payments on first 4 properties were sourced directly by saving income from my employee job.

See following links:https://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3441/blog_post...https://www.irs.gov/Retirement-Plans/Employee-Plan... 

Wages and salaries.Fees for professional services.Other amounts received (cash or noncash) for personal services actually rendered by an employee, including, but not limited to, the following items.

Are you using subcontractors, employees or doing it yourself?

A contractors agreement is a paper that basically stated the person performing the work is not an employee . 

Honestly, I think there are probably more than 9.3) "Emails from a former employee of PIP?" 

The IRS suspected a small Real Estate Investor was underpaying some but was inflating wages to other employees and sent an agent to investigate him. 

We had an employee, he recently quit the family business without a two weeks notice.