My opinion is that people who set goals, and take their businesses to the next level (more units, apartment complexes, better systems and processes, hiring employees, etc.)

I pay him about $35,000 a year as an employee.

Make sure you make it clear what is included and what isn't - for example I have a grocery store for sale, all fixtures, customer information, ordering information, employee information is included but because the inventory is every changing my client has opted to not include the inventory.

If you are supplying tools and giving daily instructions to them they will be considered employees and that can come back to bite you with back taxes etc.I cant stress enough the importance of using only licensed and insured contractors.

A full blown business with employees need's to charge at least $52 per hour to cover evertything from insurance to workman's comp. 

Hi - I am W-2 employee for commercial real estate broker. 

If your wife has a good job she can qualify for loans.Here’s what I did: I was a full time, salaried, W2 employee.

I am a federal employee and the government shutdown really affected me emotionally.

in that sense I can think of the ideal landlord-tenant relationship as one of mutual benefit, with some goals aligned and some differing.My goal is tenants to  adhere to the contract, I do my part, they pay on-time, I have a good relationship with them (I don't tell them I'm a LANDLORD, I tell them I'm a civil engineer, an employee working for someone else, and that I have been a tenant so many times before).  

If you have income from your own business (with no employees) you could open a self-directed solo 401K which I prefer over a self directed IRA.