Setup, marketing, sales & management.Their Goal: Develop steady income for the firm to combat dips in sales.My Goal: Develop my own business.

Bear in mind though that past performance isn't a guarantee of future performance.

This product is no income no doc and underwritten purely on the rent schedule of the property .

One way to do this is by carefully keeping track of all the income and expenses related to your business.

I will be opening a separate checking/savings account for the other side of the duplex to house rent income and property related expenses.

The good thing about Jacksonville, FL is that Florida does not have a state income tax.Georgia does have a state income tax.The one important thing to recognize about Georgia is that they don't recognize bonus depreciation.

Duplex tenants are younger/lower income than sfh, so likely worse than my tenants.  

Thanks to the Cost Segregation Study, the property investors accelerated the depreciation that the first year depreciation was approximately $356,000.The use of the accelerated depreciation strategy helps real estate investors to reduce the tax liability immediately which therefore increases their bottom line due to the offsetting of income.

If I open a conventional SDIRA, buy a rental property, have monthly rental income go back into the SDIRA and then take the rental income as a disbursement, will I have to pay income tax on that money at the end of the year?

@Angelo CortezMost STRs report income and expenses on an IRS Schedule E (not Schedule C) unless your STR is offering "substantial services"-> for example, concierge services or a butler to guests.