Some likely around 50 percent loss.

I have no active income that I need to offset with active losses, so my question is, do i HAVE to separate the properties if i am NOT considered a real estate professional?

If you think about it, if you pay them $5/hr and they post 5 signs, they’re technically earning $15/hr so food for thought when you’re pitching to whoever is going to be doing it.Hope that helps

You might have to agree to eat some amount of loss each month, because it's difficult to make properties in that price range work as rentals here in San Antonio.

@Nathan Vaughan I’m not a developer but have some food for thought.

Usually free food and free drinks.

The asking price and my offer are about $15/sqft higher than the highest comp in the neighborhood, but I am willing to absorb the loss to keep my family happy(3 kids and a puppy making life hectic in my current home).

This lot includes a foundation stubbed for electrical (underground)/plumbing/sewer/water etc. the former property was deemed a total loss in a house fire and the prior home owner cleared and stubbed the foundation (slab on grade).

In the same way that being a chef and owning a mcdonalds are not interchangeable simply because they both focus on selling food. 

My issue is that only works for one estimate, the others would be a loss of $89 x n with "n" being the number of quotes.