Your SE Tax  would  be on salary dividends and rent are basically the same tax results. 

@dj @DJ CumminsI would pay the fine-keep my silver bullet because it is not much of a fine per se.

Most stocks, bonds, equities, etc are assets held for the production of income, and are not trade or business assets.On the other hand, traditional, long-term rental real estate is "per se" (read: intrinsically & immutably) passive under tax law. 

But this would be advised when you expect to reach a decent amount of profits.In general, rental real estate is not subject to SE taxes, so what you're proposing here is unnecessary and actually ends up costing the individual more in taxes and administrative overhead.

This would also allow you to take a guaranteed payment for your management fees, which you will SE tax on.

Either way you structure it you are subject to SE and ordinary income tax. 

That’s absolutely my thinking  i guess I was hung up on the “definitions” of doing a repair such as buying a machine isn’t a repair per se, however if it’s needed to restore a unit back to what it was prior to you smoking in it, it’s absolutely a repair in my mind  within reason of course   

NPN = a JOB not an investment per se. 

If a broker nets $100k, she would pay $15k in this SE tax as a sole proprietor (which is no entity or a disregarded single-member LLC).

Tenant does not have rights to any land per se so this shouldnt even be necessary but if the backyard was expressed in the lease and they are paying for that as an amenity then you need an amendment not addendum