However, if the court orders the dismissal, then the landlord cannot re-file under the same grounds and facts.You do not have to pay the back rent, per se, but if you are residing in the same property the landlord could file suit again and allege back rent was not paid (again, it depends on the basis of dismissal).

But, make sure you set aside the amount of SE taxes and ordinary tax you will owe on your commission when you file your return. 

If in the SE, then AC is standard, if in the NE than you may be able to get away with not doing.   

Depreciation cannot shelter self-employment income so you might need to have the right kind of entity structure to minimize the SE taxes. 

You are correct that you can get rid of it by paying yourself a wage however you are then converting rental income which was not subject to SE taxes to the additional self-employment taxes (15.3%). 

You also have the (1) year 1099 SE program where it uses the most recent 1099/Schedule C income averaged over 12 months.Lastly you have DSCR only if you are talking about a rental/investment property. 

Rental income is never subject to SE tax.

I appealed the denial seeking a Special Exception (SE).

I'm not afraid of these kinds of situatios, per se, however I want to make darn certain that there's merit and that I alone control the distribution of benefits to all parties.

Who are you guys using for hard money for your deals here in SE Idaho?