I think this is a really great thing for you to think about because you are going to have to narrow your market(s) down some way, and weather is a perfectly legitimate reason. 

Hey everyone,I’m just curious to know what other legitimate careers are in real estate other then realtor, home flipper and wholesaler…i’m curious to know!

Autodialed telemarketing calls from legitimate outfits to your home landline are legally permitted, provided the person on the other end is a human being; for prerecorded messages, your written consent is required.

Hard for me to determine what is going on here but it sounds to me like the tenant might have some legitimate concern here with her landlord and the place.  

Even if BP members don't come to me, I would rather see them go to another legitimate candidate than to do this kind of risky stuff.Jim Kennedy, CPA        

If that's the case, you really only need a dedicated account (or bookkeeping to simulate this) in which disbursements and certain expenses (like taxes, insurance, and capex) are recorded.If you are asking whether the property management's bookkeeping is standard, this is a much bigger question.I can't imagine that a legitimate PM would have an individual trust account for each owner.  

The whole purpose of my LLC was to operate a legitimate RE business and separate it from my personal crappy credit.

In your case, as long as you have the funds available, it sounds like you have plenty of profit margin in the deal to evaluate the issues (with your contractor) that the second inspector pointed out and go ahead and fix whatever is a legitimate concern.

In order to qualify for this plan you need to have legitimate self-employment activity and only earned self-employment income can be used to contribute to the plan (rental or any other passive income would not work).

Won't be if those lenders had a legitimate reason to fear that they might not be able to legally recoup their principal.