An accountant can help you navigate complex tax rules and keep your records in order, potentially saving you more than their fee.

Now, you can't do this with yourself, your business, and certain family members, due to the prohibited transaction rules governed by the tax code 4975. 2) Some individuals have large pre-tax 401ks that they rollover and then convert to the Roth IRA, paying the taxes now so they dont have to pay later out of the Roth. 

@Rick Albert, the general rule is more units are better.  

Which is why it is difficult to find even 1% rule SFRs in a lot of areas right now.

Material Participation in a Real Estate Trade or Business.This is pretty straightforward but you must materially participate in a real property trade or business, such as development, redevelopment, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, conversion, rental, operation, management, leasing, or brokerage.2.

Those rules are set by the state.

I have been investing in Michigan since 2014, we have many areas that still exceed the 1% rule and have annual appreciation.

Guidelines are in Appendix A to Furnisher Rule Part 660    Can you meet that obligation through frontlobby or would that mean you are limited to court judgements? 

Otherwise, owner can pursue collections on their own.The credit score is like the "1% Rule" - a decent filter, but NOT something to rely on.-- How many active tradelines produced that credit score?

I know some regular conventional investment property loan programs have certain rules about this but does Fannie Mae?