Hey @Dwight Cook, congrats on the 5-unit deal!

I try to think of everything anyone would need to cook anything. 

Living in the Chicagoland area, multifamily units in Chicago proper are an investor's go-to but I don't necessarily want to deal with Chicago/Cook taxes and duplex/multifamily building stock is dramatically lower in the suburbs so might go single family home in DuPage or Will.

I've read conflicting information about what triggers you to have to pay self-employment tax on your short-term rentals.There seems to be a consensus that the following does:Airport TransportationProviding cooked mealsOffering ToursCleaning during the guests' stayDecorating the property for a party as a serviceI'm not sure if these would cause me to have to pay self-employment taxes, as I've seen these items on a couple of lists but not most:Providing a coffee stationProviding a welcome basket with food itemsProviding bikes and kayaks for the guests to useDoes anyone know where the line is of what you can and cannot do and provide?

I like cooking with actual fire and like my dryer, water heater, and furnace gas appliances.

The property is located in Cook County Illinois

None of them have a stove or cook top built in.

It was the size of a quarter and was from where my wife had a potted plant.

Only by inserting a fantasy data at some area, but that's "cooking the books", and obvious fallacy like saying landlords can "absorb" the added costs, absorb where?

Time is more valuable.STR is a good deal if owner does Turns and manages the property directly, then all that income makes it into the pot.