On your tax return you would report the proceeds, subtract costs and proceeds paid to seller, then the remaining profit would be your flat fee.

., I left Anderson for a small firm that will do the actual taxes and then another company that specializes in tax strategy. 

Approximately 6-8 weeks ago my attorney stated he was unable to get the delinquent tax 'owner' nor the squatters served in this matter. 

The fact that you have a TAX-FREE income is crazy good.  

We travel for work (healthcare) and chronically live out of MTRs, so it will be our first time operating a shorter term, but won’t be an entirely foreign situation to us.

So the question becomes based on their individual and personal tax situation what is the estimated tax burden they'd save? 

You need to have the income and tax liability to support the depreciation.

Tax-Free Exchanges: While 1031 exchanges aren't available to SDIRAs, the tax deferral within the account means you can sell property and reinvest proceeds into new opportunities without immediate tax consequences.

So we GAIN 7million + tax payors etc.. 

Being a real estate professional allows you to treat the income as non-passive, allowing higher high income tax payers to pay less in taxes.