Am planning to use Zelle or Venmo rather than PayPal, given PayPal charges a substantial fee if the tenant uses the “goods/services” option to send the rent payment.

I have a total of 6 rental units.  5 of them are great for a S8 tenant.  1 of them is not because the market rent is substantially higher than what S8 will approve.For the rental ads on the other 5 units, I will include somewhere toward the end "Section 8 Accepted". 

I think this is the norm for most people buying recently (in the last 6-9 months) with any substantial leverage. 

Over the last 3 or 4 months I've been extremely interested in creating substantial passive income, as my career is over much earlier than most are, even for those that are extremely lucky.

@Brandi KeppleAs an LLC, you may be required to have keep a set of records to substantiate that you are a business.

and, if it "just has some superficial things that need fixed" w,hy would you even need a substantial rehab budget?

For those of us that do currently generate substantial taxable income from our rental properties (with or without a manager), something I found just kicking this topic around on line below:"Rental Property as BusinessOwning rental property qualifies as a business if you do it to earn a profit and work at it regularly, systematically, and continuously.

Examples of businesses conducting eligible construction activities are residential remodelers; commercial and institutional building construction contractors; foundation, structure and building exterior contractors; structural steel and precast concrete contractors; and electrical, plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors.Here are some additional links I found:Home Builders Safe Harbor in Code Sec. 199Section 199 Real Estate Developers Stake Your ClaimSection 199 as it applies to Construction and Real Estate PDFCourt ruling on Substantial Renovation@Steve Hamilton

I concede they take longer to catch up but sooner or later they will be substantially higher. 

And may be substantially less.