@Brian Pleshek  @John Bernabel  As a mortgage underwriter, my eyebrows raise up for gaps of unemployment for longer than 30 days, at least with my company.  

I would guess depending on the amount, that bank may or may not raise an eyebrow as to the source per federal guidelines.

It always raises eyebrows cause they assume they are all in the Bay Area!

I know if I was purchasing a property that had a FMV well above the tax assessed value, it would certainly raise an eye brow.

I teach them how the market here in Detroit works, I set them up with a team of people they can call, and many things that most real estate agents or wholesalers would never do because it takes up a lot of time.Announcing myself as a Wholesaler in Detroit, I get a lot of eyebrows raised, which I should!

Account Closed have already given you a great run-down.While your husband's physical disability won't have any weight on whether or not he qualifies as a 'real estate professional', you guys taking the position that he is a real estate professional while only having two investment properties that are being managed by a third-party property manager may raise a few eyebrows at the IRS.Not impossible, however it is improbable. 

Thankfully it won’t at all be a make or break for ykh, but it’s the principle that raises an eyebrow.

Our median home price is only $300k so the old eye brows are raised a bit with the valuation.

Hi you guys,Wanted to run something by you....I had a close friend who recently found a home he wanted to rent, (as a tenant) and something the real estate agent representing the property did that raised my eyebrows, but I want to see if I'm not thinking too hard about it.He met the real estate agent at the property a few days ago, did a walk-through, and when it came time to make the deposit and first month's rent, she asked that he make the check out directly to her, since she is also managing the property.My ears perked up because she didn't ask him to make the check out out to her property management business, but to her first and last name alone. 

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