I'm fortunate to discuss all sorts of complex real estate tax issues with Michael on a near daily basis.

Hi John, I manage client experiences for WealthAbility and work closely with ProVision, if your client would be interested in going over their experience that is very unusual feedback, and we'd certainly love the opportunity to address it with them and understand what the issue was or where they felt they were being upsold.

We are in our 3rd year operating an STR and have made money every year.There is plenty of money to be made running STRs, you need to understand the market, the deals, the local issues - just like any real estate segment.Folks who think they can just buy a house in a saturated market and watch the checks roll in are going to be disappointed.

Cash flow issues go away and you're really just dealing with lenders to take advantage of the equity to fund more purchases. 

In my eyes, none of this amounts to a major issue, but that doesn't mean the issues are not valid and it is a great opportunity to try and improve upon the 2%. 

The code enforcement officer said he mentioned these issues to the sellers and the sellers' agent.

So legally, you can say 'no' to many of the issues that are brought up during an inspection.

Does anyone see any issues with doing it this way?

Overall, he did a good job, but there are issues that will show up on an inspection that aren't necessarily liabilities.  

The issue you are going to run into if your lender hasn't told you already having the 3.5% is only part of the equation.