I do not get any special treatment or preferential deal flow by working for the company.

@Kevin Meyer If you're planning on renting out the other units and living in one of the units, you can apply split treatment to the transaction.

Just be aware of the tax treatment of short-term rentals (average rental period of 7 days or less) vs "traditional" rentals, especially if substantial services are involved. 

The profits from a home that's purchased as a rental and appreciates significantly recieves far better tax treatment than the home you flip.

It gets the best treatment.  

However, if the intent changes and you convert it to a rental, you can start deducting rental losses, depreciation, mortgage interest, and expenses from that point forward.Rental losses are generally passive and can only offset passive income unless you qualify as a Real Estate Professional (REPS) or meet the $25K active investor deduction (phases out at $100K-$150K AGI).To document intent, keep records showing marketing efforts to sell vs. rental agreements to support tax treatment.

We all know “one more treatment” won’t solve the problem.

This actually is the exact treatment I have in my primary residence and it has held up just fine for the last 6 years I've lived here.For a luxury build I will do similar to what Kevin suggested.

@Theresa McGallicher https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/1056436-clearing-up-confusion-on-tax-treatment-of-short-term-rentals

There is a reason why many Mom and Pop investors only get a handful of rentals and then end up selling.YUP this is just landlording one oh one.. tax write offs are depreciation everyone gets that tax treatment.. . sounds like one bad tenant.. it happens no matter who sourced the property.