IMO, if you loveee San Diego and you plan on staying long term, then buying into a solid house hack can be a big wealth builder for you and you will have a place to call your own in an awesome city.Good luck Orane! 

In order to compare them apples to apples, I'm planning to review them and also talk to the insurance agent of all three companies. 

Could potentially be finished in a single day with a cooperative phone rep at the IRS, could take longer with an uncooperative one.Unlike normal tax preparation/planning however, form 2848 would require you to seek out someone with the EA or CPA certification specifically since the individual must be licensed to get the power of attorney status.

Proper tax planning involves diagnosing your situation the quantifying the strategy.

I know Asheville is in turmoil a bit over AirBNB but I don't plan on getting into city areas.

The current plan is to consider selling in a few years but hang onto the house for now (if I can find a good management company to take care of it).

We did not get an EIN since the plan was to form a joint LLC at the end of project completion.

Usually the programs are only available on one unit properties such as single family residences, condos, planned unit development (PUD) and townhouses. 

If this works out well, I plan to invest up to $1M by the end of summer.Yes, the business is incredibly complicated.

I will bring equity and planned to be responsible for 50% of any maintenance expenses.Reading other articles on the forum it seems like a 50/50 split of equity in return for the work listed above may be standard but thats why I am asking the community.Any additional thoughts are greatly appreciated.