If ANY contractor says they can get you all 3, they are lying.

Your tenant telling you the boyfriend did it might be lying.

The technology is getting better, cheaper and thinner.

@Jay Check Are you a real account or is this just another promotion for a lying guru?

If you are NOT running a trade or business - 1099s are not required.The main reason why you WANT to be "running a rental trade or business" is your eligibility to claim business overhead deductions, such as marketing, education, technology, and so on.

I assured them that I "had" to live there for at least a year but didn't know where life would take me after that as I only planned on living there for the minimum term and didn't want to lie, and then thankfully one of my connections on the board, changed the conversation.On a commercial development rezoning we had, we had to deal with racist commentary and questions about the type of person that apartments would bring to the area.

This technology is very interesting IMO.  

I never lied.

Where in NC does your passion lie? 

You don't get to keep that income tax free...If you have to lie and cheat to get the property to work for you, I would just pass on it...you're starting off on a bad foot and will just lose the money you save later...And like @Jonathan Greene said - how did they get a COO without a permit?