Many follow the Entrepreneurial Operating System from the book Traction.One of our core values as a company is to be "enthusiastic about doing the right thing."

If you operate the vacation rental as a short term rental, you will be able to take advantage of taking any losses you have on the property against your ordinary income.

@Andres Triveno, operating the LLC 100% means that we sign contracts and other documents as member or manager of the LLC instead of using our own names, we have a business phone instead of using our personal phone, we have a business checking account for business spend.

not sure what the attraction to invest with these folks was.. but it does sound like a meltdown and some pretty poor operators.

Not sure if the washer and dryer you are supplying are coin operated or free, but mine are coin operatedTenants pay for the utilities and it has been zero issue because I do not allow it to be an issue.  

So on a 12 unit, I would keep an operating cushion of roughly 24-30k. 

If you materially participate in the LLC’s operations, you may be able to treat the income as active.Material participation in a rental activity, with or without an LLC, still runs into PAL rules.

More looking for guidance in building a scalable co host operation.  

It could also require more time and effort, have more operating costs, and not be worth it. 

I would recommend, at least, opening up a LLC in the US and operating out of that under your wholesale business.