Any google, FB, Apple, etc. engineer working 4-5 years that purchased stock through the basic employee stock purchase plan should have several hundred $G’s saved up in that alone.

The broker with whom I work on a few project referred me to the title agency that handled all of our closings that has a "foreclosure" department.I have starte the paperwork, release etc.The title agency employee mentioned that we would set the starting bid based on everything that is owed to me and that of course I was free to bid on the property.

HiI have a simple basic question.Are property managers considered employees or a contracted worker?

If you are in an LLC you could be an employee officer and be employed as property manager for an agreed upon fee. 

I max a 403b and traditional IRA...is there a way for me to add my duplex rental income to a pretax retirement account without treating myself as an employee?

See the following.https://www.irs.gov/retirement-plans/plan-participant-employee/amount-of-roth-ira-contributions-that-you-can-make-for-2018Also, earnings on non-deductible IRAs will be subject to taxes once distributed.

Tax Cuts and Jobs act.According to the Memphis Business Journal These programs include: •$200 million in increased compensation: Two-thirds will be allocated to hourly employees by advancing the 2018 annual pay increase to April 1 rather than the normal October increase date.

If the employer thinks the employee is valuable, he or she will often share useful information like this.

@Andrew Ellis and @Sean McDonnell one thing I haven't seen brought up is the affects of the loan payment on your employee contribution. 

For starters, I prefer dealing with attorneys and bad employees over insurance!