You have to have a thick skin, and always treat them kindly.

I'd spend the bulk of your time there trying to get to know the promoters and how their existing investors have been treated in past investments.

I personally balance being a traditional agent (30% of my time) with being a scout for deals on behalf of my investor clients (60%) through my lead generation machine (www.webuyhousessea.com) and the final 10% is allocated to my own personal investments which may or may not be found through my aforementioned 90%.All "agent" work is treated as personal income.

Lots of poorly treated and agitated dogs everywhere.

I meant what you reworded (better than I) which is why I attempted to include the idea of the new occupant being treated like a occupant when I said "Buyer/Occupant".

If it was 24 months of the last 60 months before sale, then they can treat it as a primary residence and exclude the gain up to 500k.

I can treat the HELOC money as my personal investment rather than borrowed funds and get a consistent figure to compare, but I am wondering how everyone else might analyze the deals and asking if there is a better way.Thanks for the response!

Question on entities: We are set up as an LLC and have elected to be treated as a partnership for tax purposes.

Even if they do, the game would be entirely different and they would qualify us for a loan that will be more treated like commercial rather than residential.

If there are concerns about about the property being destroyed, include "safety" inspections throughout the duration of a lease agreement to stay on top of how the home is being treated.