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Grow Your Real Estate Business With Independent Contractors

May 28, 2009 by Marco Santarelli

Seven Reasons You Want to Use Independent Contractors To Grow Your Business

There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of strategies that we've used successfully over the years to save our clients taxes. One such strategy is to use Independent Contractors to build your business. I'm going to cut right to chase here and just jump into this.

Reason #1: It's easier to ramp up your business

You can contract with Independent Contractors (ICs) for short term, month-to-month work or just by project. You don't have to worry about training them or providing tools for them to work with.

There is an assumption that they can hit the ground running. If they can't, the worst case is you've tried it out for only 30 days. You didn't have to invest time in training them and providing salary & benefits during this time. They either can perform, or not. If they don't, they're gone.

Reason #2: It's easier to change the business model if you need to change quickly

If your real estate investing business goes down, it's a lot easier to stop using an IC than it is letting an employee go. Besides the emotional issues of letting go an employee who depends on you completely for their income, there are also legal and benefit issues. You might be forced to cover the employees under the new COBRA laws. Your unemployment rates will go up. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Taxes Tagged With: independent contractors, investing in real estate, Real Estate Investing, Real Estate Taxes

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