Happy to provide guidance and help you brainstorm. 

Hey @Ricardo Polanco - has the inspector provided any reason for the constant follow ups? 

Secondly, short-term rentals provide flexibility for owners, allowing them to potentially use the property themselves when not rented out.

If she is getting close enough to thinking that there will be an income disparity, she will stop at nothing to compel my husband to provide income documentation.All finances are joint except for the rental, which I keep rents for in a separate checking account and track spending for.

If you provide any kind of substantial services like catering, car service, etc you will change you tax situation and no longer can file under Schedule E.

I will not comment as to the tax laws and underlying rules - that is a discussion you can have with your tax advisor who presumably you are paying to help you.What I will do is provide practical and business guidance on tracking time.Firstly, there are apps available that can assist with time tracking where you can specifically detail your time, who you met with, etc.

In many places there are some utilities provided by the municipality.

@Alba Cheung It would be nice if you provided us with an update.

In our market, we are seeing more MTR providers.

They only do Memphis and Little Rock and may provide you with the end result without the hassle if you like that market.