I flat out told him no, that business was business and friendship was friendship.

My business operates in San Francisco, and office rents are far in excess of what we can afford.We recently stumbled upon Workshop Cafe (https://www.workshopcafe.com/) where my team and I currently work.The business functions as co-working office space and coffee shop, allowing customers like my business to rent seats at $3 per hour.This is awesome for the following reasons:I can take calls without worrying about loud people or coffee shop music (a common Starbucks problem in SF).We only pay for the space when we use it.Workshop cafe has two locations and has proven they can be profitable with little scale (unlike larger competitors like WeWork).BP Community1) Have you seen any other innovate co-working business models?

Their taxable income and tax returns will look the exact same based on everything you laid out.Distribution in excess of basis may be a concern in Sally's situation, but if she's working with her tax pro year round (and not just in the spring), she'll be aware of this and they can work to mitigate or even eliminate it. 

The few (all were disordered) that made excessive or inappropriate calls, quickly found that it was a bad idea.

I went over there and graded the yard smooth, cut off the excess pipe, and put in a meter box to cover where the new cleanout was. 

For personal reasons, I would like to move to the Austin area (big outdoors guy/Houston is very flat), and I'm fortunate as an engineer to work remote - relocating isn't an issue.It's no secret that Austin real estate is hot and I have concerns about making a deal work with how much Austin real estate has elevated to over the years.

I get it but a 1% Line of Credit Fee, Commitment Fee = $895, and Legal Fee $2,500 starts to get excessive.

It seems a little excessive to spend so much money for a landlord panel when only one person is using the lights?

Most brokerages offer a spilt model (vs a flat desk fee) but the spilts can be pretty high and many want you to be a full time agent.

I would take that $30K and buy a nice 3-4 flat, owner occupied, in the western suburbs (Berwyn/Cicero/etc).