If you flipped 2 houses in a calendar year and you had no other RE investments, the IRS would consider both transactions as subject to UBIT as the intent was clear as to what you were doing, on the flip side, if you bought several rentals and sold one or two that where intended to be holds but circumstances changed and warranted to need to sell, you may avoid UBIT for that one or two that turned into flips.

I'll be attending the next webinar, I have it marked on my Calendar!

If so, as a courtesy I maintain a foreclosure auction calendar on my website for my investor clients, if you want to take a peek.

It would sure stink to have them locked into the property at $1000 for another year if your intent was to raise the rent.Please note that you must give at least one month's rental period notice - so if your state requires a 30 day notice, that doesn't mean 30 calendar days, that means at least 30 days and including one rental period - typically one month. 

I send automatic reminders, follow up emails, calendar invites, and texts to confirm that they are still going to make their appointment.

With a free day on my calendar I decided to take on some of the smaller jobs and (based on their prices) see how much my time is worth:I worked from 8:30 - 2:30 (6 hours including lunch)install ceiling fan: $80install range hood: $95 (much easier/faster than the ceiling fan).install 4 mini blinds: $100It comes out to just over $45/hour, at a steady but relaxed pace, with a handful of stimulating podcasts throughout....

If you want to keep the tax deductions for the home as a vacation rental, you can use it yourself for personal use for up to 14 days in a calendar year.

Repair Estimation/Budgeting - Ability to create detailed Scopes of Work & repair costs budgetsBudget Tracking - Ability to track your actual expenses against your initial budgetScheduling - Ability to create a project plan & track project progressChecklists/To Dos - Ability to track daily to-dos and checklists of items that need to be completedCalendars - Ideally all of your Schedules & To-Dos feed into a Calendar that you can use to manage all of your projects in one location.Document Management - Place to store project documents and photosHere are some Project Management tools that you might consider:Trello/Zoho Projects/Basecamp  - General project management software that includes tasks, Gantt scheduling, calendars, project forums, document storage & team collaboration toolsBuilderTrend / Co-Construct - These tools are built specifically for custom homebuilders/remodelers and have a lot of functionality. 

I keep track of my appointments by putting them on my Google Calendar, that syncs to my Mac and phone.Yep yep, the inability to de-duplicate rows in Podio is very annoying.

It should be reasonable for the area.If my lease requires 30 day notice, it also requires a full calendar month.