Or consider short term rentals - still requires material participation, but may be easier to hit the material participation thresholds if you self-manage. 

This is our first investment home and we wanted to fix it to do short-term rentals, but the first requirement is to build a privacy fence.Any advice or suggestions for this situation?

House-hacking today often has to rely on much greater lifestyle sacrifice than what I personally did 10 years ago, and requires strategies that would make me uncomfortable like rent by the room, or using local laws that allow Short-Term rental only for owner-occupants. 

If you ask the manager to justify a fee and he starts hemming and hawing, move on or require them to remove the fee.

Or what is the best way to get around this seosoning requirement so that i can buy my next property with my heloc?

The EVSE shall be elevated off the ground so that it will not lie in a puddle of water.If an extension cord is used, it must meet the following requirements: 3-wire, UL listed, outdoor rated, minimum 12AWG wire, NEMA 5-15 or 5-20 plug/outlet with a maximum length of 50 feet.

@David McFarland typical desperate action - tenant is trying to make THEIR problem, YOUR problem!

So that means that even though the front house is more than 15 years old the rent control requirements still won't apply to the back house that is less than 15 years old, right? 

@Alison CromwellIn order to obtain a flip loan with no consistent income history, the following steps need to be undertaken: create an impressive credit score, put aside more funds as a down payment, check out new methods of getting funding besides what is available from banks or other financial institutions, involve yourself in investments with toughened entrepreneurs, show how financially sound you are by doing things such as getting enough money into savings over time through frugal living habits or accumulating valuable assets that can be readily converted into cash when required among others like developing several stable sources of income or steadily growing one.

How long do you plan on holding and what’s the requirements to renew the land lease?