There are two requirements to claim REP status1) 750 Hours2) You spend more time on real estate than other activities such as your W-2 Job or BusinessYou want to work with a tax professional who will be able to advise you on what hours count and what hours do not count.Furthermore, the CPA may have a nice worksheet that you can use to help you document your hours.Best of luck!

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Readers should seek professional advice.

My fiance and I are in a unique situation as I play baseball professionally, and she works online and plans to live with me during my season.

For a select few, this can be true, but wholesaling is much harder to get off the ground.

Our management company currently collects a traditional deposit from all tenants, including traveling healthcare professionals.

There is such a shortage that state government is giving tax breaks to developers to build more multiplexes As far as specific towns I'd say Nashua, Concord, Manchester, Durham (where UNH is), Dover (right next to Durham), Portsmouth, Seabrook, Salem, Exeter and Hampton.I chose Dover because its a mix of students from UNH and young professionals. 

So I have recently come into the fork in the road where I am trying to dial in my career to align with my personal and professional goals for the future.

Jeremy Roll (professional passive investor in 80+ opportunities) estimates the fraud/bad actor/scammers at 2% of all private placements.

You can take 100% true facts, and form them into a narrative that sounds plausible but that doesn't mean its telling a true story.