I received an email from my PM in Phoenix that said, "On a recent routine audit we found an account code mistake within our software for your property"  and  "As a result, you have not been charged a management fee since March 2020.

You can evaluate whether this is a scam by independently researching the landlord and determining if the company exists and you're being asked to follow their usual application process.

I was already trying to chart a course towards financial independence, but this year moved me up a solid 5 years at least. 

So, the year to try to learn something about the profession.Meanwhile, I personally am not worried about an audit. 

On high level my “why” is to achieve financial independence.

I started as a brand new agent w/EXP in December and chose to be independent.

Having been a RE agent was what gave me the education and contacts to become independent. 

I would expect your Broker to break down responsibilities in your Independent Contractor agreement, but not everyone is that professional.If you're paying a 50/50 split, I would say the Broker should be paying that cost, along with the cost of signs and a few other things.

So long as you are comparing apples to apples here you're good, but I wanted to tidy up this verbiage.There will likely be two issues associated with the lot split:UtilitiesThe ParcelOnce you get all the utilities split to have separate services and the parcel split into two independent half-duplex parcels then you would be able to sell one of the them.   

It all boils down to being able to proving your intent to hold for rental, investment of business use should you be audited.