You need to meet one of them to be considered materially participating.Spend more than 500 hours on your rental businessDo substantially everything for the rental businessSpend more than 100 hours on the activity and no one other individual spends more time than you doSignificant participation activity for more than 100 hours, and your combined activity in all significant participation activities exceeds 500 hoursParticipating in the business for five of the 10 previous taxable yearsPersonal service activity (non income-producing) for three of the previous taxable yearsRegular, continuous, provable participation in the business for more than 100 hoursThe first three are the ones the majority of real estate investors will evaluate and attempt to qualify for....

Personally I feel if the the property produces enough for you to make the monthly payment, handle expenses/prep for repairs and money is being made.

Whereas with the Online version you are paying a huge monthly fee .It produces perfect and professional Profit and Loss Reports. 

Overall this has netted over 3/4 of a million in equity in that time (sure, not a realized gain but still amazing) and produced true cash flowing properties.

The house to produce some income, the acreage to sell to a developer some time in the future.

Some rent estimators like Rentometer can also produce reports of comps for you to check.

Ideally properties would produce enough cash flow to satisfy the RMD, but that is not always the case, you may have to start liquidating some of your properties if there are not enough cash.

To help new investors, I've produced a five-step guide that summarizes the primary reasons for investing in real estate.Step One: Identifying GoalsThe first stage is to help investors clearly define their objectives.

It's strange that you've had little interest in the portfolio of properties...unless they're not producing income or improperly priced based on location, condition, etc.

For how long have you been producing income as travel nurse?