For example,Let's say there's a 1000 sq foot house with two bedrooms - one for the tenant and one for the landlord.100 sq foot is for landlord exclusive use.100 sq foot is for tenant exclusive use.800 sq foot is common areas (kitchen, living room, dining room, etc).Is the business use 50% (100 + 400 [common area divided into 2]/1000) or 10% (100/1000)?

My fiance and I are largely interested in the real estate investment world and becoming landlords.    

4) Also a personal opinion, but based on experience: with the exception of a small area on the north side of Okaloosa Island around Bluefish, Bream and Commadores Landing, AirDNA or any other Airbnb-centered data metrics are garbage.

I am betting there is a lot of people happy to pay $100/$200 to do such, happy to be in a group, to go over the basics like *sole proprietor, LLC or S-corp for landlords, what is best for tax's and why.

It's the easiest way to try being a landlord without dealing with tricky renovation projects.

It's known for it's strong appreciation factor, low taxes, and also because it is a land-lord friendly state.Have you invested in the Cleveland or Columbus market before?

Just one of the problems with being out of state. forget being a landlord, I wanna be a handyman.

I moved out in 2019 have been a land lord since that time. 

There may be some gurus that say you can avoid capital-intensive purchase and rehabs, but they would be the kind of owners that are OK being slum lords.

Up until this point , we have been buying the land with our cash, constructing the homes with cash, renting them out, and using a DSCR loan to pull most of our money back out.