My life circumstances have changed and I’m looking to decrease my monthly expenses and reduce the time required to maintain my 19000 sq ft yard.I’m waiting to see what happens with the comp plan zoning in 2018-19 and hoping the market doesn’t tank.. but it n the mean time.I’m looking to infill the lot.

Education is the single greatest way to up your economic circumstances, I wouldn’t simply dismiss that.

They can also ask the inspectors superior what the expectation is for this circumstance, being that the plans are already permitted for the site.

IRC 469 deals with passive activity loss rules and doesn't relate to the 'trade or business' question at hand here.Although your individual facts and circumstances must be considered, there's volumes of case law that show the tax court generally (but not absolutely) regards even a single piece of rental real estate as a trade or business.  

And it would have to be extraordinary circumstances for me to pay for a repair person at this point, it so often is a waste of time and money.

It's an assumption though, similar to the 1% rule or the 50% rule (expenses) which both have circumstances where it's not accurate.

There could be fairly benign circumstances in play and it's just a lack of experience/communication, or the complete other end of possible is it could be potential fraud. 

Under whatever circumstance, treat your best tenants well and they will stay and work with you under the most stressful situationsFor those who are wondering, OPEX is currently $5,400, and if we add in a 10K reserve fund and assume its used each year, that's $43K NOI or 9% cash on cash ROI.

Depending on your circumstances, there may be a trade-off here - between payroll tax strategy (S-corp) and income tax strategy (401k) - which warrants close analysis.  

No one on this forum can tell you that with 100% accuracy without knowing your facts and circumstances.