Do I Need to Hire a Real Estate CPA?

[Christine I.]

My CPA of 7 years retired. He is a nice local guy who acted kind of as my security blanket as I could run anything by him and he always took his time explaining. My husband who was the brains of the operation became incapacitated  and has since passed but I was able to take over control of our multiple long term rentals and keep things going for these last few years. CPA was not specialized in real estate but very competent and got me through some difficult issues.  Am I now better off looking for a CPA who specializes in real estate? What would a specialized CPA bring to the table that I can't get otherwise?