Bloomfield Farms, LLC's payroll is two W-2 employees — Bartolo (full-time) and Angel (about half-time), together roughly $105–112K/yr fully loaded. The other people associated with the property are not on the LLC's payroll: an independent equestrian operator who bills his own clients, an on-site caretaker on a housing-for-labor barter, and a handful of 1099 service vendors. Several of those arrangements are informal and undocumented, so they would not automatically carry over to a new owner.
The whole roster in four lines. (1) Bartolo — the only full-time employee, ~$63–70K/yr, the highest-paid person on the books; role is general ranch labor (unconfirmed). (2) Angel — a ~half-time employee running the horse barn at ~$29.4K/yr. (3) Caley Morrison — head trainer who runs Bloomfield Horses as his own operation; keeps his training income and is not paid by the LLC. (4) Rick — lives on-site rent-free in exchange for ~$500/mo of handyman labor; not on payroll.
So the answer to "FTE or contractors?" is: a bit of both. The LLC carries two W-2 employees (one full-time, one half-time) and pays a handful of 1099 service vendors. The equestrian operator (Caley Morrison) and the on-site caretaker (Rick) are neither — an independent business and a housing-for-labor barter, respectively, both outside the LLC's books. What transfers on a sale is the open question — see below.
These two appear in the PAYROLL section of the seller's Property Overhead statement. The bookkeeper notes their figures "include taxes, end-of-year bonuses and 3% annual raises," and the LLC separately carries Workmen's Comp ($12,528 in 2026) — all hallmarks of W-2 employment, not 1099 contracting.
| Person | Role | Status | 2025 actual | 2026 proj. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bartolo W-2 | Property-side ranch / grounds / orchard hand — appears only on the Property Overhead sheet (Angel works the barn). Exact title unconfirmed. | Full-time | $67,513 | $63,132–$69,718 |
| Angel W-2 | Horse-barn worker (~½) + general property maintenance (~½) — the only name on both statements; effectively one FTE split across two cost centers. | ~Half-time | $29,369 | $29,400 |
| Gross wages | $96,882 | $92,532–$99,118 | ||
| + Workmen's comp | $6,438 | $12,528 | ||
| Loaded payroll | ~$103K | ~$105–112K | ||
Two data caveats to verify with the bookkeeper before relying on these. (1) Angel is double-listed: his $29,400 appears in both the Property Overhead payroll section and as a cost line in the Horse Boarding P&L. Read literally that is $58,800 of total comp; read charitably it is one ~half-time role allocated across two cost centers. We assume the single-role reading (~$29.4K) but have flagged it. (2) Bartolo's 2026 figure conflicts across the two statements — the multi-year trend sheet projects $69,718 (consistent with the stated 3% raise schedule), while the standalone 2026 budget shows $5,261/mo = $63,132/yr, which falls below his 2023–25 actuals and so appears to understate him. We lean to $69,718 and show the range; the $6,586 gap is the entire difference between the two overhead bottom lines. Both statements are embedded in full at the bottom of this page — check the lines yourself.
The people most visible at the property are, paradoxically, the ones the LLC doesn't pay. This is where continuity risk lives: none of these relationships is a contract the buyer simply inherits.
| Person | What they do | Arrangement | Transfers on sale? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caley Morrison Independent | Head trainer / owner of Bloomfield Horses — show jumping & dressage, young-horse development. The equestrian operation the property markets. | Runs his own business under a lease / management arrangement; keeps his training income directly. No salary, contractor payment, or revenue-share line appears anywhere in the LLC books. (The barn permits list Hanson, not Morrison, as applicant — i.e. he operates, doesn't own.) | Uncertain. "Caley wants to stay," but his lease/management terms have never been produced. If he doesn't transfer, the boarding income largely walks with him. |
| Rick | On-site caretaker / handyman — fencing, wells, general maintenance. | Lives on the property rent-free in an RV in exchange for up to ~$500/mo of labor. Not on payroll; an in-kind housing-for-labor barter. | Dies at close unless renegotiated. Informal and undocumented. |
These are 1099 service relationships — line items in the overhead, not staff. They keep specific systems running rather than working the ranch day-to-day.
| Vendor | Service | ~Annual (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Beekeeper 1099 | Maintains orchard bees (defended as a fruit-tree-health line) | $6,000 |
| VCM Bookkeeping (Veronica Mahoney) 1099 | The LLC's external bookkeeper — author of these statements | n/a in P&L |
| Rat Exclusion Service, Petaluma 1099 | Bi-monthly rodent abatement around feed storage | $3,600 |
| Jerry & Don's Yager Pump & Well (Mickelson Ent.) 1099 | Bi-annual well / pump service (ran the 2021 certified well-yield test) | $1,200 |
| Equipment rental & repair 1099 | Charged to the horse operation | $12,000 |
Utilities (gas/electric/diesel ~$19.2K, cable/internet ~$4.2K), property insurance (~$17K), and animal feed (~$48K) are also on the overhead but are costs, not people, so they're excluded here. Full financial picture in the property brief.
For completeness: Robert L. Hanson and Michael Agins are the LLC's owner-principals, not wage earners — they take no compensation line in these statements.
Every payroll number on this page traces directly to the seller's own bookkeeper statements (VCM Bookkeeping / Veronica Mahoney), delivered 2026-05-15 via the listing agent. The 2022–2026 sheets give the multi-year actuals + 2026 projection; the standalone 2026 sheets give the monthly run-rate. Expand any document to view it inline, or open it in a new tab.
The vendor names (Rat Exclusion Service; Jerry & Don's Yager Pump & Well) come from the seller's SPQ and Well Documents in the disclosure packet, not these P&Ls — those statements show only the dollar lines (pest control, well & water). Caley Morrison's lease/management terms have never been produced and appear in no document.