Fixing up an 1800s colonial house with waterfront in coastal new England. Looking to attract summer vacationers for AIRBNB / VRBO rental. Last year setup our first AirBNB in another property in town and had over 150...

That'll provide more room configuration possibilities too.

How it is configured to invest does not change the tax rules.UBIT applies to any IRA, when it engages in a trade or business activity.  

Is there some doubt/ambiguity on the configuration? 

If all units are exactly the same configuration, same finishes, same rents, etc. then I'd wait a month or so and see which is the least desirable tenant.

@Jon Holdman Just got it fixed and cleaned from the plumber, actually the plumbing wasn't done right from the GC who installed the washer dryer hookups in the basement unit , he didn't put in a vent or a cleanout pipe and did a P-trap configuration wrong.  

You know the different configurations and packages.

I am posting this in behalf of my in-laws who are the landlord of a rental affected.The landlord was notified last night of flooding in the basement unit in a duplex (upstairs, downstairs configuration) (older home).

Additionally, older properties may have used poor or unsafe construction materials (like asbestos), which you may have to replace.Beds/Baths: Different areas will have different prevailing bedroom and bathroom configurations.

I was able to accomplish what we did, because I was not capital restrained, and because I knew exactly who the prospective buyers would be and how many of them I could count on to buy a home in that redone community.As a general rule, our company never recommends anything narrower than a 16' wide, even in shorter configurations, unless it is a smaller multi section like Titan builds for lots that have width but not length.