- Once again-- does travel count for this category (if it doesnt count for the 500 hr rule in #1)- Does real estate education, meet-ups, analysis of potential deals, networking, count -- White coat investor article says NO, however I took a course on taxes/real estate and they clearly say yes, these activites count.thank you for any insight

As for the eviction purpose, even if it's in your lease (eviction for illegal activites), you'll need to prove "the seriousness" (couple criteria) of the problem and give him notice to correct his behavior. 

If so, you may not want those activities to be commingled with the Property LLC activites. 

Make sure you always keep a log of what you did as rental real estate activites meetings with professionals and any documentation of those meetings.

While it may be fun to punch numbers (I use to play with it, as a finance type I admit it) doing so and giving weight to such activites in making a buy decession is a mistake.

I have separate boards for goals and business activites.

There is an exemption for activites that are not "regularly conducted".

Can someone have one set of sole proprietorship activites ongoing for a few years, then undertake different sole proprietorship activities with a different 1099 and continue using the same solo401k?

To be a RE professional you must be able to document at least 750 hours spent on real estate activites AND more hours than on any thing else.

In our LLC I get a percentage of income as a management fee that covers all activites related to managing the property (collecting rents, issuing notices, showings, signing contracts, move-ins, etc...).