These factors are:(1) the taxpayer’s purpose in acquiring the property;(2) the purpose for which the property was subsequently held;(3) the taxpayer’s everyday business and the relationship of the income from the property to the taxpayer’s total income;(4) the frequency, continuity, and substantiality of sales of property;(5) the extent of developing and improving the property to increase the sales revenue;(6) the extent to which the taxpayer used advertising, promotion, or other activities to increase sales;(7) the use of a business office for sale of property;(8) the character and degree of supervision or control the taxpayer exercised over any representative selling the property; and(9) the time and effort the taxpayer habitually devoted to sales of property.If you review Flood v.

Even if they are not perfect you are going to have a character floor, not a modern no gaps perfect floor. 

Great character, location and opportunity for equity growth.

But I don't know you or your character, maybe you could pull this off.

I take tenant screening very seriously and I closely look at the character of my tenants up front.

@Marc Winter suing for damages in this situation wouldn’t be possible assuming this person or persons are degenerates with no credit or character anyhow correct?

I listened to a podcast where Josh Dorkin went off about having good character, and his distain for unethical slime balls in the industry.

What I found interesting is the ban on demolition of single family for transformation into multifamily, as well as a restriction on structure size increase at 15% I understand that this is to help preserve neighborhood character, but seem that it may encourage “slumlord-style” splitting of single family homes.

Not trying to scare you off (see 1st paragraph) Just be aware of the "character"  of a 1930's house

I'm not looking to bash this agent's character, but it does beg the question of how do I distinguish when an agent..especially in long-distance real estate investing...is looking out for me or for themselves only?