Generally your hours working at BP as a W-2 employee would not be part of RE professional hours unfortunately.For those who are RE professionals, gain on sale of rental real estate is still capital gains and still avoids self employment taxes just the same for those tho are not REPS so there is no downside to being a REP in the example you provided Scott. 

FHA ; first time home buyer w 3 % down; sellers offered sellers assistance; How did you add value to the deal?

Because it assists in the first degree of action, not being a ready target.

I also have experience with expeditors who can assist in obtaining required docs and can recommend a few to you as well, if needed.  

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We own multiple commercial properties in our portfolio across several states (both local and not local), that we self manage, so that part I am not worried about at all.

With your husband’s skills, assisting on fix-and-flip or BRRRR projects could offer hands-on experience.

We can help you with those pain points via virtual assistants and AI for guest communication, which effectively eliminates about 90% of owner required communication.

What kind of attorney can assist with this case?...

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