This is a brief overview of how I went from a family business employee (with 7 children), only earning 60k/yr, filing bankruptcy in early 2016, to someone who will be completely financially free 18 months after I purchased my 1st property May 15 2017.I began my Real Estate Study in late 2015, I mostly read books.

@Sean CarrollThe starting figure for the Solo 401(k) contribution is your net self-employment income figure; then the calculation has to be performed for both the employee and profit-sharing contribution amounts.

The heroin/opioid epidemic is very real in the midwest and cheap general contractors are having a difficult time finding employees who do not use drugs.

I did have my license and showed probably 10 properties to a client - she thought I was paid employee and the price point started in the 400K range and the last one was 70k (she was supposed to receive a settlement). 

One of my rentals is rented to an employee of my contractor.  

I do all of the work from my phone and most of it while on the toilet. 250k cabin will gross 40k per year sometimes 45.

Otherwise the loss of taxes as a W2 employee would likely be much higher than the taxes gained on home ownership (which I think is just mortgage interest). 

Now, when you call any employers , they would not give you any information about the employees, i am wondering how do you screen their employment historyhow to you check their present residences? 

@Jason Edwards In my experience they would just start collecting their percentage of the gross income that you agreed upon when they take over a house with existing tenants.

I would not need this person to do anything other then be listed as an "employee" of my business.