I sincerely doubt he has any valid reason to vacate the sale, I’ve seen multiple people try this and never saw them succeed.

If your manager’s/contractors’/employees’ activity counts towards “activity”, then it is much easier to qualify as a business.2) One rental could be a business all on its own if it was not extremely passive3) Multiple rentals would generally qualify as a business4) Triple net lease properties probably do not constitute a businessBy looking at only Section 162 case law what would the new regulations change?

Since we had multiple accounts and ample cash with them, the manager was able to convince the underwriters to go through with the refinance.  

There are devices to place on water heaters if there are multiple but only one hvac.

Long story short I went through some very difficult times in my early 20s due to a divorce and multiple custody battles.

@Mike Neubauer if the properties have common ownership, you can have multiple entities on a single policy, as well as an Umbrella over the top.  

We just got an offer accepted on a Condo on Kauai and our next move is to purchase a multi family in the Beaverton, OR area.I’m hoping to network and gain valuable insight from this forum as well as provide any personal success and challenge experience from the standpoint of an active duty military member who has purchased and sold multiple homes.

I've been in multiple partnerships, some good, some bad.

I do have to tell you to be careful of certain meet-ups as they can be solely used for attracting new investors who aren't entirely knowledgeable about investing and they can get taken advantage of (I know multiple individuals that have).

To get multiple deals a month its likely going to take a team and a large marketing budget.