@Elizabeth KingYour accountant is wrong.

For seasonality, I take into account holidays and local events that might drive demand.I'd be happy to connect for more ideas! 

Naturally, they are your competition and the daily rates need to be taken into account.

Sometimes there are accounting errors, like duplicated charges, so it’s worth investigating.

The maximum leverage I have ever seen in trading accounts is 50%, and that's very limited and select.

Monitor the account that all x number of payments went out.

As a co-host for short term rentals, you may not need a license as long as you're not crossing over into activities that could be considered brokerage activities like handling any contracts, collecting rents, doing any accounting, approving tenants, etc.

That is your denonimator.You also take the cash flow you get from rent minus all your expenses, so at end of day how much $ is in your bank account for the entire year.

But they auto-deposited $50 into my "marketing account."

@Nate McCarthyProfit Splits and Contributions:Dividing profits proportionally to investment (2:1:1) is common, but you could also account for sweat equity if one party is doing more work.