Rental income that is treated as business income, can be converted to non-passive income if one of the 7 material participation test are met and the taxpayer qualifies for Real Estate Professional Status. 

And in reality, while I have never had to test the strength of my LLC, if you are being sued, any half decent attorney will try to pierce your corporate veil anyways and try to get to you personally anyways.  

We’d be happy to chat and even set you up with a risk-free test drive if it feels like a good fit!

Estimates are great, but I will often do multiple estimates of the same thing to stress-test the deal.

Why not be the Guinea pig and test it out for us and let us know how it goes. 

You fail that test as well. 

Sometimes, it's just better marketing (aerial photos, standard photos, survey) and sometimes it's doing perc tests and getting it build-read for a developer.I hope that helps.

All that being said, beggars can't be choosers, and when you're going after your first property it's more important to get your foot in the door and learn the business than it is to make a killing on your first unit - i.e. if you have to make a slim margin to get a great case study, that's better than trying to charge 30% for something you've never done before and spending a year trying to convince someone to roll the dice on you.

Additionally, they test to determine what sort of mold/s are present, so as to determine toxicity.  

I’m testing a lot of different strategies right now, so I’ll see what sticks!