Absolutely listen to your CPA and for that reason, just make sure you give him all the correct data, he's not responsible unless you give him the proper information, like personal property placed in service for you business concerns.So, when the fridge blows after years of service with prior tenants, you sting the current tenant for the cost of a new one?

If you as a listing agent have clients with abnormally high carrying costs (HML, etc), meaning that time is money in a very real way, you should absolutely be making those phone calls and treating it like what it is... a job interview for the lender.

Personally I don't use banks for my flips but you never know, at some point down the road I might decide to do that so I don't want to close that door unless absolutely necessary.

However It's absolutely possible for you to do a 1031 as a foreign national.  

Absolutely!

Third, you will learn how to get deals done the right way.Anthony and Mark are absolutely correct.

But, to add to that, absolutely learn something new everyday, but be careful what and who you learn from, learning the wrong thing and not knowing is much worse than never having known!  

I have just started using espresso agent and it is absolutely phenomenal.

I have just started using espresso agent and it is absolutely phenomenal.

In a situation where I can't see and inspect it myself I have to have someone I absolutely trust doing it for me and having a licensed and insured professional comes a long way in those cases.If you have done plenty of RE investing experience yourself you will have a good knowledge base to work from concerning values etc.