My legs, arms, hands, my ability to breathe, bowel control, and even had a stroke from cutting the vertebral artery.

No way to control that with self-showing, unless you're stopping by the property after every self-showing and even then there are still issues. 

It needed a lot of work and the rent control rules in LA City are terrible.

Support for this can be found in Section 1.1362-2(c)(5)(ii)(B)(2).”Respectfully, you’re misapplying this treasury reg.As already mentioned, and cited in my posts, IRC Sec 469 is the “control room” that governs the passive activity loss rules.

You're just putting all the control in the hands of the tenant when you do.  

On any given day I swing from feeling spread too thin to boredom because I have so much of this under control or delegated.

FSBOs typically sell on their own to save on commission or retain control of the sale.To demonstrate our value, we first have to dig deep into the owner's situation over the phone by finding out:- Their timeline to sell- Their reason for selling without an agent- Where they plan on moving to nextOnce we have this information, we can close them:Mr.

As the article mentions, the host has no control over the Airbnb fees.

@Scott SmithYou can absolutely put cash in a SDIRA to work in conventional assets.The mechanics of doing so will depend on your plan provider and plan structure.If you have a checkbook IRA, the LLC entity just opens a brokerage account.If you do not have checkbook control, you would work with your IRA custodian for this process.Having a smaller stock account within an IRA that holds real estate is OK. 

We typically will also have the lawn care and pest control included in the rent to maintain a higher degree of control on the property but that's obviously an expense.