If you do not reach a resolution with the Broker, make sure they understand that you are not going to just "let it go", if you (strongly) disagree with their position.At that point you have two courses of action:A) Take it to the Real Estate Commission, or governing body that oversees agents/brokers in your state, orB) Take legal action.Most real estate commissions will not hear your argument(s) if you are pursuing legal action, so these two courses of action are (somewhat) mutually exclusive.  

Hi @Nate Hundley, The sale of your primary residence falls under Section 121 of the Internal Revenue Code ("121 Exclusion").  

After you live in the property for 2 years, you would likely qualify for the personal residence sale exclusion and be able to avoid taxes on the sale.

I'm primarily talking about buying or renting a house/apartment and using it exclusively as a short term rental.

Forming an llc and having an umbrella policy are not mutually exclusive, they are both just lines of defense that may or may not be effective, contingent on multiple factors.As Linda said a llc offers no tax advantages nor does it allow extra allocation of expense to be deductible, not sure why this urban myth persists in these forums year after year.

People who would've formerly bought a home at $350-400k can still easily find something at $300k without sacrificing much in quality of home or neighborhood.Personally, I'd keep a close on the newspaper headlines, and if the Blackstone group ever starts selling off a large majority of their housing stock, it's time to jump ship.

I pulled out my equity in 2002 and in 2010 so my initial investment is no longer in that RE and the equity has been leveraged for other investments (those two refinances were used exclusively for other buy n hold RE investments but my more recent refinances have not yet been placed into RE investments). 

We build rental housing new - exclusively - we stopped purchasing distressed properties in 2015.

@Erin Caldwell I've used craigslist exclusively.

@Samuel Riehn the "exclusivity" of this arrangement is what tips the scales before they even explain the triple buyer BS.