Readers are advised to seek professional advice.

Finally, if you are concerned about an interaction, you could establish up front with whomever you are communicating with, and you will probably earn their respect and attention.

I detest coffee shops...to many distractions and you need to have the other party's full attention.

If you are aware of any case, ever, in which the IRS prosecuted a filer for not reporting a Real Estate expense, then please do enlighten me and all the readers of BP.   

The real key to making it work if you have a job that takes up a lot of time is to build systems that take care of the work for you and requires less of your individual attention.

That places the attention on how the property can function for occupants rather than what the occupant "looks like".

We use a local property manager for the bulk of bookings and also use FB to fill in the gaps in the calendar.Since you listed locations all across the map, pay attention to off seasons for the area you choose.

Personal attention to the problem will help everyone, including your personal frame of mind and anxiety level.

For us, the developer is renting many properties in our subdivision BUT we by far have one of the best lots/locations so he was just bringing more attention for us.

So some readers may have figured out that I earned a massive hourly wage increase, from 18 dollars an hour to more like 40-60 based on the school.