The extra-ordinary conditions Shaker Hts requires has and does have a negative impact on neighborhoods with homes in these conditions.

I am starting in REI but I have an open mind for projects "out of the ordinary".

He did have a few months of vacancy, some HVAC issues, but nothing too out of the ordinary.  

If you are getting a couple of calls a week for 100 letters that is a little low but not out of the ordinary.

The flip income counts as ordinary income.If you have rentals here in Seattle, you need to make sure that flipping doesn't put you in a "dealer" status that affects your ability to 1031 or receive capital gain treatment on your rentals.

It all depends on the timing. it is a suburb in NJ and the town is losing residents due to high taxes, not out of ordinary to see taxes on 10k/yr on a 3b/2ba house

My flips I pay my short term capital gains tax on the down payment I receive and convert the rest to "ordinary income" collected over time, along with the interest of course.all cash

Income from flipping (whether you mean wholesaling or fix and flipping) is ordinary income.

Really no different than a ordinary transaction with a mortgage.3) If you don't record the transfer the seller could sell it to someone else. 

I'm working with a net operating loss for my rentals this year, so putting the deduction in Sch E doesn't seem right because the home office should not offset ordinary income.