So typically depreciation and expensing of costs usually happen on the placed in service date.

I'd advise you to pick a service that partners with the Campaign Registry to let you register a phone number in order to comply with TCPA and benefit from optimal deliverability.

To qualify as a real estate professional, a taxpayer must meet both of the following criteria:Taxpayers perform more than 50% of services in real property trades or businesses in which they materially participate.

Hence you needing to retain an Architect and have them do due diligence into the feasibility at which part of their services would be checking what is able to be built in compliance with the applicable jurisdictions. 

I have a new 7unit and a new 2unit...so I was thinking the 7unit gets the laundry service that @Kathryn Dillon spoke of and the 2unit will get used (in good condition of course) coin-operated machines.

Somehow I didn't notice there was an educational part of the service. 

Since I've never used their services, I'd like to know what their experiences have been with them.

You will file a 990-T and there are plenty of services out there to help with this. 

@Mose Gebremeskel - I'm suspicious of platforms that offer services at no cost. 

I pictured a management company that handled rent collection, cleaning service, etc..