High standards and ethical practices will build your reputation.Shifting your mindset to treating real estate investing as a serious business is fundamental to success.

High standards and ethical practices will build your reputation.Shifting your mindset to treating real estate investing as a serious business is fundamental to success.

There are 6 tests called the WhiteCo factors (named after a tax court case on the subject) designed to figure out the permanence of individual assets to see if they qualify for short life treatment.

I called an exterminator for a treatment.

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@Theresa McGallicher https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/530/topics/1056436-clearing-up-confusion-on-tax-treatment-of-short-term-rentals

I would really appreciate any opinions on this from an ethical standpoint.

@Craig LesslerYou should work with your tax pro to determine the proper treatment. 

Understand what other development requirements are for the residential units, for example, each unit may require an advanced treatment septic system (if not connected to sewer already.

If it is a normal 70/30 leveraged property, you may end up subject to tax on 70% of your returns anyways - so cost benefit, is that 30% tax free portion worth the high tax rates paid and additional filing fees to get tax free treatment on the 30%?