The real benefit of the tax treatment of rental income is that you avoid some of the tax on the rental income.

She was well dressed and had a nice car, was very articulate and looked like a great candidate for success.She relapsed, ended back in treatment, and gave the keys to my place to a lady leaving treatment who remained nameless.

Were you to flip homes in your name only, you would not be allowed the two different tax treatments to my knowledge.

My thinking is not about tax treatment but to other issues that may arise and if payments were made to the trust I see no issues at all.

I don't provide any window treatments.

Lakeland smelled like a sewer treatment plant.

Here's that thread:http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/64150-installment-sale-tax-treatment-questionGood luck figuring out how this works from that thread.

I have held the property at times in order to qualify for long term capital gains treatment, that would be hard to do if I was paying hard money rates.

You are renting.The capital gains treatment applies after you own the asset for 1 year.THough you could reduce your tax bill if you held title long enough to fit the capital gains tax treatment rules it might not be the best investment decision.

Paragraph C-59 of the HAR Standard Purchase Contract (formerly the DROA) is an OPTIONAL, yet detailed, provision concerning Termite Inspection and treatments.Your Lender will likely require inspection and treatment (of any live infestation), and IMHO, rightfully so, given the voracious appetite the little buggahs have around here...