Quote from @Johnny Smith: So i am hearing from a CPA that because my wife and I make over 150k per year, that I cant really take advantage of tax losses from my rental property.

If you want to be an active investor, to be successful, you need an advantage.  

One of the lease for a rental is about to expire and would like to change from single family to rent by the room and try, to market for regular leasing we normally go to Zillow and advertise for free, but for rent by the room not sure which of all the sites out there will be the best option(s), some of them are for free, majority pay a monthly or anual subscription ($99 to $200).Do you have any guidance on which to select?

And BP allowed us at their conference to be the selected Charity ..

What should I watch out for, and is there a significant advantage to choosing an EA over a CPA?

Here's an article with things to consider when selecting a cost segregation company.

It's a gateway into the investment you actually want to make.I'd recommend you put yourself in a position to take advantage of a REIT exit as an OPTION, not an OBLIGATION.

  - If you are looking for help/input like I said we specialize in market and site selection, so if you haven't don't that yet, we've got some data backed approaches that might be interesting to you.   

This is consistent with data from sources like Zillow, Redfin, and the local Santa Barbara Association of Realtors.However, when I go to "Pick Markets" and select Santa Barbara, the median home price listed is $620,000, which doesn’t align with what I’ve observed locally.

You might want to read our series about “How to Screen a PMC Better than a Tenant”, since selecting the wrong PMC is usually more harmful than selecting a bad tenant: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/3094/91877-how-to-screen-a-pmc-better-than-a-tenant-part-1-services-and-processes