I would couple this with outsourcing the inspections to a part time employee.

I believe it’s his own business with less than 10 employees.  

We've been doing ok - I've been in it over 2  years now - that's my .02 --- the out of state corps that buy here and suck every dollar out just have unhappy employees and will have high turnover and develop bad reputations.How you treat everyone and tell your story is the basis for how I'm trying to be successful (We use Facebook and maintain a good reputation so get lots of word of mouth -- I spend money on FB ads, a Social Media/Marketing firm to handle photos/bulk of the social media and about $600 a mo for old school radio on a station that skews to the children of 80-90 yr old parents)   I had to work up to this advertising budget by fixing a hole host of other things but working so far - I haven't been in it long enough to declare myself a success.   

Now, most of these smaller banks may only have 12 employees or so.

If you are self-employed with no full-time w-2 employees, you can set up a Solo 401k & rollover funds from a non-Roth IRA as a tax-free direct rollover and then invest in real estate.Solo 401k vs.

I saw the potential that the owner was not harnessing.

I really appreciate your time and consideration as I am making the switch from student to full-time employee. 

I can't even find employee's nowadays.

Yes, make them a partner if you trust them or an employee/contractor.

. $600 (no employees) and road bond $100.Oh, another upfront number is energy modeling.