Do they treat the property well, or tend to trash out your units? 

In Real Estate it's legally required and ethically a best to practice treating ALL perspective Tenants equally.

I encourage my tenants to think of the home as their own, and I think this helps them treat it as such.

There are a lot of agents that dabble with investors, or treat them as a seasonal niche in the winter months.

I know in the past that operating leases were treated like debt and amortized, but how are they supposed to be treated now so it doesn't exaggerate the numbers?

Using an attorney and a CPA make you treat your rentals like a business.

1- I have must less interest right now than I did before due to the unknown about how landlord will be treated and how they are being regarding in the media due to the virus et al2- oops answered in # 1 but another reason is that the current prices aren't representative of what I believe the increased risk is at this point.3- I've got one property coming open at the beginning of the month and am moving it to S8 property for the guaranteed income.  4- I only have one other S8 property and it has been awesome for me so far. 

LLC's are for asset protection and if you don't treat it as a business and have a separate bank account and start co-...mingling funds you are piercing the corporate veil and well. there goes the LLC protection.I would advise you to seek a consultation with a lawyer.

Namely, treating this as working capital for your entire operation, assuming you already have other investment properties.

Now I have to break down this idea of running a real estate business.First, the IRS doesn't treat real estate investors like you and me as a business.