. -- For me, if you ask any legitimate operator out there, if they tell you they have money falling from the sky, that would be shocking.

Make sure you don’t fall for it! 

However, the guaranty would only apply to the specific property after the lender has exhausted getting funds back after a foreclosure - so its less a worrisome guaranty than if you were just overall guaranteeing a business loan, since the real majority of the collateral and recourse is going to fall on the property

Fixed floors like tile cannot be and have to be depreciated unless they fall under one of the exceptions such as de minimis.

The vast majority of biz operators fall into various degrees of novice.

If the syndication falls under one of these exemptions, it may not appear in the SEC Edgar database.Not a Publicly Traded Company: The SEC Edgar database primarily contains filings from publicly traded companies and entities offering securities to the public.

For example, if I were to stop renting out a portion of the home, and live in the entire home for the year before sale, would that allow the entirety of the profits to fall under the 250k tax free limit?

In return we get use of a house in the Hamptons with the traveling owner while teaching nearby for the fall.

It often depends on the definition of the zoning classifications within each city; based on the below info, I'm not sure which zoning classification a duplex would fall into.

I've communicated with them if one member leaves, then the rent will fall on the shoulders of the other 2.