The think I would add is, yes treat your investment as a business but also do not forget to be human/compassionate/empathetic to your tenants. 

This changes if you’re considered a “dealer”.

HIGHLY highly agree with Poor Charlie's Almanack, that's one of the most influential books i've ever read. if you don't feel like shelling out a lot of cash for the book (it's a little on the pricey side), then I would at least go with his famous speech "The Psychology of Human Misjudgment".

@Jared Magaro You need to stay as far away from suncoast property management as humanly possible...

Only a certain sect of the human species would take a bite at this chum.

These are all reasonably corruption free which should be a major consideration.Obviously, you have to keep repression, communism, socialism, and all the other “ism’s” in mind when you search since these all tend to inhibit economic growth; not to mention human rights.

My view is yes, ordinary income just like wholesaling.Here's a decent over view of real estate taxation, which doesn't mention wholesaling or wholesaling LOs unfortunately.REI taxation and dealer statusAnother article discussing wholesaling:wholesaling tax implicationsAnother read:avoiding dealer status

Not worth creating friction over $200 in plants.When you look at it in black and white financial terms it's easy to see that you shouldn't worry about the shrubs.However, it's human nature to care more about things that you personally did.

The human factor is something that can easily be overlooked.  

"You didnt see nothing human, shut the door and nobody gets hurt"So what happend at the end of it?