DJT is right- every American is entitled- and expected- to practice tax avoidance(via depreciation, 1031 exchanges, or whatever, the tax code legally allows) but tax evasion is a different animal.

From that last link: "Look at the risks the owners take to collect illegal rent: civil and criminal charges in the event of death, that certainly means possible incarceration; no insurance coverage because of misrepresentation to the insurance company and income tax evasion charges from the IRS and [state] taxing authorities.

I don't think there is any evidence to prove that.Assuming you are right though, I wouldn't fear a tax audit because I'm not partaking in tax evasion.

The benefit of self-employment should be being your own boss not tax evasion lol.

That is tax evasion, and it can get a federal sentence.

Not reporting to IRS: Tax evasion - might not seem like a big deal since it's such a negligible amount, but sooner or later you might have to submit your tax records for another big purchase, and the added income stream will need to be verified. 

That's simply tax evasion.

If you can make a reasonable argument that what you are doing is not tax evasion, you will be in a much better position to defend against an audit.  

Obviously, when I ask listing brokers to comment, they are evasive and don't want to give exact numbers, saying that they just base proformas on current taxes paid.  

Never had someone ask for free beer, but be so evasive in receiving it.