If you plan on selling other people's houses you can charge for that with a license.If you are only selling your own houses, there is no benefit...but there is substantially higher liability.

Those people overlooking what it means to “materially participate”Here’s the Material Participation Criteria:Spend more than 500 hours on the short-term rental businessDo substantially everything for the STR businessSpend more than 100 hours on the activity and no one other individual spends more time than you doSignificant participation activity for more than 100 hours, and your combined activity in all significant participation activities exceeds 500 hoursParticipating in the business for five of the 10 previous taxable yearsPersonal service activity (non income-producing) for three of the previous taxable yearsRegular, continuous, provable participation in the business for more than 100 hoursA Cautionary Tale: The Story of JacksonLet's take a moment to learn from the mistakes of others.

You would need substantially more money saved to do well on a flip I think.

It consistently achieves 95-100% occupancy as a short-term rental, with nightly rates ranging from $350 to $550, generating substantial cash flow.

Your contributions have to be recurring and substantial.

@Joe FergusonThe 30-acre land parcel with subdivision potential offers owner financing, high ROI, and flexibility, but requires substantial capital, time, and expertise.

I also think that demand for U.S. treasury bonds (which underpin most fixed rate permanent debt products) will dramatically decline over the next 20 years, which will cause interest rates writ large to substantially increase across the board.

Most B areas in Columbus will not generate positive cash flow unless you buy the property outright with cash or make a substantial down payment.

When you're on a temporary visa, especially without a clear path to permanent residency, the risk involved can be substantial—both financially and legally.

By sb1482 there cannot be a substantial change in lease terms but requiring notice to introduce animals, requiring keeping public/common areas free of junk, requiring her animal to be leashed in public/common areas, to require instant pet pick up in public/common areas are all reasonable terms, require the animal to not be a nuisance to other tenants (jumping on definitely is a nuisance, but I usually mean this to mean the dog cannot have excessive barking) and would be difficult for tenant to state are substantial change of terms as all those are reasonable requirements.