This is stuff YOU need to practice and do on your own.

Disclaimer: While I’m an attorney licensed to practice in PA, I’m not your attorney.

If a company is willing to use these tactics, it calls into question their overall business practices.

I would start analyzing deals as well for practice. 

Here is what CO has to say about the practice.

Hey all, I'm relatively new to BP and real estate in general, and I've starting to learn how to analyse rental properties for when I am ready later on. As a first year in university I'm definitely not buying any prope...

Start taking small chunks of what will get you through the next 2-3 years in real estate, but also the practicality of income from other sourcesIf you’d like to get more specific I’d be happy to take some time and FaceTime sometime this week

Mary Jane is a good example of someone whose business practices would point to the investor's income from these investments being taxed like a flipper, self-employment tax included.The best strategy for Mary Jane is to elect to be taxed as an S Corp so that she can split her income into a reasonable salary and a distribution/dividend.

In my experience, the challenging part is gathering the tax info from the vendors so it's a good practice to make W-9 a standard requirement for all your contractor. 

I'm a relative newcomer to BP but already very energized and motivated by the ideas and practices presented here.