But, I think you can still find a banker to give you a regular mortgage or a HELOC and count the rental income.

My situation may be a little more complicated than a regular rehab because I am hoping to enlarge the width footprint of the back of the house toward an existing 3’ wide walkway/alley that provides rear access to the houses perpendicular to me on the cross street.    

I am hopeful that this is temporary and we will soon return to regular business.

It depends on your situation-your reserves, your income (not rental income, but your regular work) and your bills. 

(assuming that I use it regularly, and am aggressively researching various markets) Does paying the fee and including more information significantly effect it's validity? 

I was wanting to see if anyone here regularly looked at properties through the eyes of potentially doing master suite additions to some of these small 2 bed 1 bath homes in hot neighborhoods. 

Are they different than regular closing costs?

IRC 162 basically words it as continuous and regular involvement in the activity with the intent to profit. 

Quick question: Unlike a regular transaction involving a listing and a buyer’s agent, do we still need to use a buyer’s agent when willing to deal directly with a Turnkey Company’s listing agent?

Lots of things...My wife just got a promotion that will relocate us from Pensacola to Nashville.