You've got a wife and two little babies.Since you are familiar with Ramsey maybe your goal is everyday millionaire status. 

Hello @Ryan Wallace, what information did you use for the CMA given the non-disclosure status of Idaho?

4) I use a third party screening service to run credit/criminal/background checks on all my potential tenants, and they provide a recommend/do not recommend status on each applicant. 

You can call the trustee or attorney's office if you are doing a foreclosure status check.

After looking into it myself, I noticed the Secretary of State had the HOA company's status as Inactive for the last few years. 

if i cant qualify for Real estate professional status can i do short term rental status if i change my tenants leases to month to month

Sometimes people just don't like change and are happy with status quo.Best of luck!

Given your income level, it will likely just offset your rental income and not your W-2 income...but there may be ways around it if you are married and have a spouse who can claim real estate professional status. 

Once the dust settled this is what I was left with: single, marital house foreclosed, homeless, four kids under 10, jobless and flat broke.

So not only is your tax status dependent on what you are trying to do but so are your loan options.And there are some other nuances here....but that's the general concept at least.