Regardless, hard work & building your solid business is one of the most crucial, fundamental steps.

On a schedule C instead of E?

Signed lease and purchased the sellers FF&E.

Well, just about 20 seconds of searching the web and found this regarding how birddogging is clearly illegal in the state of Washington as they consider a birddogger to be a broker and must be licensed.RCW 18.85.010:(1) "Real estate broker," or "broker," means a person, while acting for another for commissions or other compensation or the promise thereof, or a licensee under this chapter while acting in his or her own behalf, who:(e) Engages, directs, or assists in procuring prospects or in negotiating or closing any transaction which results or is calculated to result in any of these acts;then there are exceptions to this rule (although none apply to birddoggers):RCW 18.85.110So, according to the state of Washington, accepting ANY (commission or flat fee or chickens or cattle or sex, whatever) fee makes you a broker.......as I stated before, one should check the laws regarding it in their state first.

Just be careful to double check the information you get there as anyone with a camera can put a video up there.Just like anyone with a computer and e-mail address can post on BiggerPockets. ha.

Using solid fundamentals and buying properties with characteristics that lead to consistent and reliable returns.

Unlike previous elevators, the new lift is completely self-supporting, extremely light, has a footprint of just one square metr e and requires no excavating pit or hoistway, it can be fitted to almost any two or three storey building at a fraction of the cost of a normal elevator.http://www.gizmag.com/go/4007/It looks hideous.Anyone have experience with this product? 

Welome to BP Jackson E. tons of great info available any many knowledgeable professionals on here sharing information.

I have plenty of insurance to cover me for any lawsuit and when I file my taxes I simply file a basic tax return with a schedule E for each property.

Is there a case where the following occurred, in which the IRS has claimed a victory for the defendant under the following:-High W-2 income earner invests in short term rentals-taxpayer is not a real estate professional -offers rental for less than 7 days on average-materially participates and more hours than anyone else etc etc (100 hours and so forth)-files it on schedule E as passive and does not offer substantial services to be classified as schedule C - cost segs a million dollar purchase for 200k and deducts from W-2 income to owe no taxes There are a ton of moving pieces with this, and the more complicated something is with the IRS the worse it is for the taxpayer when dealing with an audit.