I'm not a lawyer, but I actually think you would be perfectly fine and not violating any anti-discrimination things. 

Is your sate anti investor or anti- landlord?

I have seen this before - it is often a scam.

.- In addition to jobs, we attract many new residents due to access to a wide variety of recreational activities.CONS- Increasing number of new laws that favor tenants (top two most anti-landlord cities, IMO, are Seattle and Federal Way).- When recessions hit or bubbles burst, double digit drops in value (depreciated prices).- Prices are still a premium, CoC returns initially remain lower than what many average investors hope to achieve.- Heavy competition.I'd love to get a sense on investor sentiment on investing in multifamily in Washington State. 

It gives investors a bad name and further increases a media accelerated anti-landlord sentiment, which we are trying to combat - if you want to support, check out the Rental Property Association of WI (RPAWI.org) - the oldest non-profit advocating for fair and sustainable landlord tenant laws. 

Years ago I was scammed into hiring a "COACH" for free. 

Well.. what can I do other than keep going on the investing journey and try not to get scammed going forward.

Many times they are scams or just give you the bare info for a ton of dollars.Use bigger pockets to your advantage, there is a ton of free information on here that can really get you started on the right track.

So...in essence, Treas Reg Sec. 1.469-9(f)(1) functions as an "anti-abuse" rule of sorts to prevent a RRE professional from downsizing his own RRE activities in relation to his "managed" RRE activities.Treas Reg Sec 1.469-9(f)(2) provides a de minimis exception to (f)(1), and may very possibly allow the taxpayer in your client's question to achieve what he's trying to achieve, which is why I am so hyper focused on it.Treas Reg Sec 1.469-9(f)(2) prescribes that if a real estate professional elects to group all rental real estate activities, and the pro-rata portion of his/her gross receipts of rental real estate activities held as a limited partner is less than 10% of all gross receipts from all of his/her rental real estate activities, Treas Reg Sec 1.469-9(f)(1) will not apply. 

I feel for some anti-STR neighbors that have lived in the neighborhood for sometimes decades, however times do change.