Systems also enable employers to monitor and manage our staff and prepare them for success within the company and their role.With quality systems in place, we can focus more on revenue generating activities rather than running around putting out small fires (employee challenges/issues). 

They are a good idea and we have one, but provide much better protection when you have employees that make decisions on your behalf.

I now have a management company but before I just wrote them off as employee expenses on my personal return.

We lucked out (saved $1800) on the pole & install as the utility employee was one of the wife's old patients.

Maybe you want to be the one who handles maintenance at your property, do they allow for that or do they force you to use their contractors or employees?

IRS rules are very clear, no transaction is allowed between qualified plan and disqualified person, here is a reference to the IRS website: https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-prohibited-transactions

@Joe PalmerIRS rules are pretty clear: as "disqualified person" you can't benefit from an IRA in any way, directly or indirectly:https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/retirement-topics-prohibited-transactionsIt is very irresponsible for the representative to make a blanket statement like this.

I'm guessing it would look something like this: 30% cost of sale, 15% employee wages, 10% marketing, 5% misc (just as an example). 

I would like to employee the BRRR method but conventional purchases are also of my interest as long as properties are under value and I can force appreciation.

We're a $27B/year supply chain company with over a thousand employees in Keene, several hundred of which are accountants and financial analysts.