I am working on a product that will help small-medium size landlords launch and maintain Internet presence at a small monthly cost without spending big budget on custom development.It will include: SEO, custom domain, direct syncing with your property management software, syncing with QB. 

My idea is to offer my skills, such as social media management, painting, or assisting with various menial tasks, in exchange for the opportunity to learn the trade.

I am about to submit to the IRS my log of 500+ hours working in the STR business, most of which come from communicating with guests, cleaners, maintenance people, Airbnb, VRBO, and managing supplies, shopping, bill paying, pricing, calendars, all the daily and weekly tasks. 

You could even define quality metrics for some of these tasks to avoid a party doing subpar work (e.g., all guest questions must be answered within X hours/days).OWNER USE: What if one party wants to use the property during the highest demand time? 

We have offshored our reservations department and have them assisting with reservations related administrative tasks but I believe you will still be extremely involved in the day to day without a PM company. 

The IRS doesn’t seem to have a problem with people who meet the material participation requirements even with only a few months left in the year, as long as the hours and tasks are well-documented.

If the internet provider supplies a modem/router combo then you use what they give you. 

Net income would be the Host Payout of $541.26.But your true net is what's left over after deducting all expenses not accounted for in this calculation, such as utilities, internet, consumables, etc.

He charged me a few thousand dollars for information that is repackaged and rebranded, because you can simply find it on the internet!

There are quite a lot of repairs or daily requests from guests, more bookkeeping due to consumables, extra utilities, pool service, lawn service, internet, etc.