@elfwreak
I won't quote your post as it is long.
Mostly I agree with your sentiments, but not all.
Not sure about the US but in Canada there are regulations governing what can be seen as a service. For example
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hiring someone to do a specific task
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is not viewed as a service unless they are a company registered to provide the service and paying into Revenue Canada such things as employment insurance premiums, CPP, Tax witholding etc.. Rental at the landlord level rarely requires these things. I have been a landlord in the sense that I hired a service (realty agency) to rent my apartment while I was in another province. The realty agency provided a service to me and to the people who rented my apartment and were required to file taxes accordingly. I was not. I filed income tax on the rental. I rented the property and was not IMO opinion a service provider in that there were no services provided on my part.
To me it is like selling a loaf of bread. Someone made the bread but I am just selling it after purchasing it myself. I did not set up a contract to provide bread service. Still it could be broadly construed as providing a service between the bread baker and the bread buyer but seems unless you offer/sell this as a service to all it is just a transaction.