It’s a nice place and I hope to rent it out weekly from time to time to help cover the mortgage ($1,850/mo w/ taxes, etc.)I just found out from a personal conversation with the owner that a Lake House down the road will be going for sale and I was given the option to buy it off market.

My full-time gig is to invest in income-producing websites (digital real estate) and I'm working backwards to first increase the authority of my website to then eventually rank organically in Google.Given my experience building sites, I personally don't think SEO is as complicated as any agency makes it out to be.

My personal favorite (and where I currently live) is Belmont, NC, a charming town about 25 minutes from Uptown with excellent restaurants, bars, breweries, and community events.

@Andrea Leei hope you get some good recommendations but can you fly out there and meet folks in person? 

You are prohibited from using the property personally; it must be a rental. 

Let me know if there is anything I can personally help you with as well!

Regardless, the person with the umbrella policy has no big concern and should not lose a wink of sleep.  

I also hope you got a personal guarantee and have advised your borrower that you intend to enforce it.

Quote from @Carlos Lopes: Gross income doesn't matter.This is the number most people post, and it's 92.7% useless.What you need is NET income, meaning the money left over after all expenses, and that should include a dollar amount for your personal time spent operating the business. 

Note that if you are married filing joint, only the spouse who is qualifying for REPS is able to count their hours.Step 4: Apply the quantitative testsPer Section 469(c)(7)(B), in order to qualify for REPS, you must meet both of the tests below:750-Hour Test: If you materially participate in a real property trade or business, you must spend 750+ hours during the tax year.More Than Half Test: You must spend more than half of your personal service hours in the real property trade or business in which you materially participate.Step 5: Material participation in rental activities Just because you qualify for real estate professional status does not mean that your rental activities are automatically considered non-passive.