IPOs are coming to market at 50B rather than 1-2B, so there is little money left to be made for the average investor unlike how it was in the past when companies like Amazon and Microsoft went public. 

Typically it is binary, you either meet the 24 month requirement or you don't...there are a couple of exceptions for moving in less than 24 months which you can review here:https://www.irs.gov/publications/p523#en_US_2023_publink1000...Look at the "Partial exclusion" section

Dave Ramsey might feel the way he does about debt because he got burned and declared bankruptcy (a publicized fact), and you are influenced by your past and learn from it and others might benefit from sharing.My biography is what is it and is fully disclosed on several public websites by 3rd party regulators (TSBPA, FINRA, NFA, TDI, etc) and reiterated on several of my own.  

If they're public, look at their stock prices, look at their income. 

Sure it can be a write off, but my question is if it is the highest and best use of your time (or the given employees time) to be running a skid steer - transporting it, storage, maintenance, cleaning, etc, and if it still makes sense if you need to hire someone to run it for you and take care of the other things.Add up all those recurring costs - maintaining the machine, maintaining the trailer, having a large enough truck to tow it, insurance and registration for all of the above, your time or your employees time related to all of the above...even at $14k a year it might be attractive enough to keep paying that and having them drop it off at the job site for you.A brand new machine could easily cost you over 6 figures - that's 7 years of rentals at $14k/year before including all the holding costs. 

They include: zoning requirements, building codes, impact fees, permitting requirements, design standards, public land requirements, and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and other labor requirements.

Properties meeting at least one of the following criteria will not be eligible for Citizens Personal Residential Multiperil coverage:Rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is lessAdvertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests

I've used all the contacts that I can find through public records, but have had no success.

As for privacy concerns, changing the name and being mindful of future registrations or public filings can help minimize the "breadcrumb trail."

I don't make recommendations publicly for several reason.FWIW, I have 12-doors in Detroit.