If you have a regular W2 job, your employer pays half and you pay half, about 7.5% each.

The answer is: only under some special circumstances, which includes having a substantially profitable flipping business and not having a high-paying regular job at the same time.

The houses are a bit cheaper than the regular site built houses but look just as nice.

Those types of buildings operate differently.Is the building you are living in all section 8 or is it a mix of regular tenants as well??

Pooling money is a problem" The term "Pooling" is used regularly by these guys, however nowhere in the securities act of 1933 is the word "Pooling" used.

If you think you will be doing this regularly I would go for wordpress.You could set up a site - say perhaps a wordpress blog and put all your properties on it.

Regular and honest communication with the owner and tenant are essential.

My last handyman just painted over the cabinets with regular paint and no primer so there are a bunch of small chips around handle area on all the cabinets from regular use.  

So, I shouldn't complain.After dealing with this realtor I feel like I need to take a shower.I didn't have any other buyers, my regular buyer didn't want it, after advertising for a few weeks on Craig's List, he was my only option.A few of my regular buyers are Realtor Brokers, they get their end buyers to pay closing costs.

If an IRA (or any tax exempt entity) engages in a trade or business on a regular or repeated basis, there is a tax known at UBIT that applies.