Yvonne, hi thanks for the candid note, this is a very good example of why landlording/PM'ing is not as straightforward as people like to make it out to be.

It's not worth the grief and the resulting errors.When you use tax software, you will simply pick up a type of asset from the drop-down list (for example "residential real property") - and the software will complete 4562 for you the right way, as well as carry it to all other connected forms.

For example, my moms IRA investing with just my husband and not technically with me.

Example:  I always want to be able to cover one month of rental income ($3,450) for my annual Vacancy reserves. 

For example, an Airbnb on Miami Beach is going to turn a lot more profit than an Airbnb in a single family neighborhood next door to a school...granted it will probably cost more, but that's where the math comes in to make sure you have a good deal... 

For example, start out with a 24 unit building and grow from there rather than grow up to a 24 unit building and beyond.My plan would be to, like I said, find someone around here that would be willing to let me help them in their business, in exchange for a little insight on the business.

Throughout this example, we’ll take some shortcuts that make our numbers more conservative.

Just asking a question about a “protected class” is enough for a complaint to be filed.For example, “Where are you from?”

FACEBOOK has group pages that you can join, for example, I am a member of Temecula Talk in my area. 

For example, here in Seattle living in apartments is part of life and accepted.