You can pay yourself a guaranteed payments that is subject to self employment taxes if you had partnership that would qualifying for contribution.You can establish another entity and pay yourself a property management fees form multi family ventures. 

Because he did not maintain contemporaneous records of his time and did not submit any other records to verify his estimate of his time spent as a salesman or as a real estate businessman, he did not establish that he was a real estate professional.

I'm not really sure how this aspect works as I assumed creditors worked directly with the non-performing debtors to attempt to establish a new obligation to get the debtor reperforming.

I’m not saying this would be super easy, but I would venture it to pay off once established. 

It also sounds like you're looking to establish a business to hold or run the property that isn't in your own name.

If you don't want to be an employee most of your life, wait for that until you establish a good foundation.Good Books? 

Establish clear expectations from the beginning, in writing and reinforced verbally.3.

I like big titles in order to establish credibility.  

I've been self-funded so far, and seem to have no trouble getting purchased/rehabbed/finished at the 80% all in level......but looking to increase volume (speed of deals) by establishing a banking relationship with someone investor friendly.  

@Andrew Medlin They want to know the same as another lender, but I would share with them your personal goals and try to establish a rapport with the mortgage officer.