Looks like most of your blog authors are BP employees or authors of the books you publish, @Alicia Marks.

Lazy/ uninterested employees won't get it right.

Your state laws may dictate whether he is considered an employee or subcontractor.

@J ScottGood point, but I pretty much disregard this "technicality" on practicality...S-Corp election does allow you to save on the employer side of self employment (not FICA which is technically the employee side that you see on a paycheck onlyi) above a reasonable salary. 

I had an employee in my day job.  

@Brady D'Hont    Are you considered self employed (receive a 1099) or are you an employee that happens to be commissioned?

Such plans are available to those who have some form of self-employment and no full time employees.

If in house employees are valued and given a great working environment so that retention is high, I'd like to believe long term training would be well worth the investment.It's hilarious how a lot of my peers want to live in big cities with nice things yet they don't put in the work to be able to afford it and then complain about not having enough money to travel/live their lifestyle dream!

We have a potential tenant who is very interested in the unit as her mother lives in the same complex and we received a very positive review from her supervisor who not only stated that she has been a reliable employee but is expected to stay with the company for a long time.

I have talked to both MA and ME State Boards of Registration in Real Estate directly and also confirmed this with attorneys who are familiar with those laws.There are some very limited exception like being an employee of the seller (as in commercial real estate), some kinds of trustees and the executor of an estate.One of the most common retorts I hear is "I'm not marketing a property.