If your vacation home happens to be located near a major event — like a PGA golf tournament or a big multi-day concert — you may be able to rent the place out for a short period even at high rates and pay zero federal income tax.Tax-smart year-end strategy: The more rental days between now and year-end, the better — as long as they don’t exceed 14 days for the year.Rented more than 14 days with substantial personal useYour vacation home falls into this category if you rent it for more than 14 days during the year and your personal use exceeds the greater of:(1) 14 days or (2) 10% of the rental days.

I don't have a lease, I don't know where to put the tenants security deposit after I get it, I don't even have a plumbers phone number in the event that the tenants toilet magically blows up at 1am.

There are a couple of REIA's as well, but you could have the same networking and coaching at a variety of locations for no membership fee.Check out REIGN Atlanta on FB and here on the Events Page for a group discussion style meetup on Wednesday at 6:30pm.Atlanta Real Estate Investing Meetup is also on FB and Events on BP.

@Dan Bowen  At 15,000 sq ft, it looks like it wants to be an corporate event / retreat center, church or some sort of training center. 

Beyond the Monthly Management, Placement & Maintenance fees, all other fees in our contract are IF EVENT -> THEN fees.

I've seen tons of deals happen and have been a part of several through networking events like the one I'm starting.

Participating in their events will help you network and perhaps connect with someone you mentor you.Welcome to BP and good luck with finding a home.

Roommates, BF’s, and GF’s have individual life events that are independent of one another.  

Because of this I often forget to check the Events page for meetups near me when our organizer makes the event.Is there some mechanism on the site that would allow the organizer to create a group (like Facebook) or channel (like Slack) for the event series, allowing me to join the group or subscribe to the channel and receive notifications when a new event is posted?

You can connect with them at REI meetups and events.