I've also considered reaching out to local property managers to see if they offer any part time work regarding the miscellaneous tasks you mentioned as well.

Before making your final decision, I'd suggest running the numbers both ways - calculate your tax liability versus the potential long-term impact of accepting those unfavorable terms you mentioned.

There's much more to consider than the negatives you mentioned.  

I have a Wynd sensor in my units (mention that we have it and it's 99.9% accurate in our emails), put it in my house rules that it is a $250 fine, and have a sign small above the detector with the same language.

You are mention the higher costs for MTR-- I would adjust the cleaning fee and add incidental insurance like Waivo to cover those costs.

If you are pursing that path then one spouse alone must meet both tests.Qualifying hours for the 750 include time spent working on the business activities mentioned above.Again, more than 50% of your time means this is way more than a hobby.

Since I made this post I attended the same meetup you mentioned.

I honestly had no idea what he was talking about, but when he mentioned VA loan"ish" on an investment property for 5% down I figured it was worth a little research. 

As I've mentioned in the past, I write for the "lurkers".

More Mods won't necessarily change things that are complained about, because as my esteemed colleague @Nathan Gesner mentioned, it depends on time of day, forum(s) frequented, posting times, and other issues that sometimes means there's a whole bunch of us here at the same time and sometimes I'm the only guy here, or Nathan might be, or Ned, or someone else.