I'm a newbie tooSelf education through books is a conversation between the author (mentor) and you.You'll gain knowledge, connections etc but it takes timeAttending meetups, listening to Youtube videos on subject matter further broadens knowledge base

My goal is to use bitcoin as DOWNPAYMENT which I have not found a bank to do that.To answer your second question bitcoin is the first currency that does not require a central authority to keep everyone’s balance and insure funds are not double spent.

Are you aware of some actual legal authority that validates the IRS opinion on this issue?

The tourism authority has had some good information in the past about how many visitors come to each island and, of those visitors, how many book STRs.

In our area, the housing authority does annual inspections to (mostly making sure the landlord is keeping up the units) review the tenant and the landlord. 

This year, the State Legislature gave all counties the authority to change STR's laws however they see fit.

The front end can sometimes be tedious to get approved by the local housing authority, but rent payments are always timely.

This service is provided by several authorized 3rd party companies.2024 update: If you file more than 10 1099s, you MUST eFile them now.Here are some of the online 1099 filing companies, and you can easily find others:tax1099.comWageFiling.com1099online.comThese companies charge under $5 per form.

To just make money is not enough.Michael Gerber, author of the E-Myth  said it best in an interview.  

Authorities are investigating this as a potential terrorist attack.