Unfortunately, this problem waste a lot of my time that could be spent on other investments.I have used the same tax professional for many years and he is very educated, but also much older than me and it's hard for me to understand all the reasons he has expressed why is better to put the rental on my personal tax returns.

People who fail to keep good tenants and turn over every year, they lose. 

Very, very few people keep the same loan for 30 years. 

A lot of cities require you to get a work comp policy if you are an owner builder unless you hire all people with their own policies.

There's no reason to provide details, though I do let people know if anyone asks that we do not accept bulk up-front rent payments or anything like that because I absolutely do not want a prospective tenant to think that someone else swooped in with a bunch of cash last minute.

I see people doing this wrong in Michigan constantly.

Flat rate vet's the snot out of people to assure QUALITY.

I'm surprised by some of the responses here about how people like VRBO more than AirBNB.

And the best part is that I haven't had any missed rents because people weren't able to apply. 

I don't know how many people are going to show up but here's the link.