You're putting the roof over your head on the line if anything falls through, so of course there is some risk with that option.

I often do site visits to the property and then design/draw the hvac/plumbing systems for the building.From what I gather below the following would all fall under "real property trades":"The statute lists 11 types of real property trades or businesses: real property development, redevelopment, construction, reconstruction, acquisition, conversion, rental, operation, "I believe that my line of work can be classified under "real property development", "construction", "conversion".

Since it falls under residential, I've called Allstate but I know there could be other alternatives who may be better suited to this type of product.

I have some investors who have bought homes to be sold in a few of my communities that I need to sell and unfortunately, that falls on me.What other structures are we seeing that allow for effective scale? 

AND you must maintain adequate reserves to take care of the disasters that may happen.So my advice- build your equity.Most of my clients fall into the first group above.

QI failures can fall into several categories: scammers who steal money or information, ineffective operators who can blow your Exchange and get the IRS after you, weak QI infrastructures that don't have adequate insurance or safety protocols against outside fraudsters, etc. 

Yes definitely . 70-75% are hard stretches and very easy to fall into the negative on the project 

Even with the bad actors in the space, it's people that are falling for it.

Unless the property is dramatically over-priced or nearly falling down, it is tough to find good deals.

Here is another bit, yes your home will be worth less, because the appreciation rates will fall without agents pushing prices higher.