I’m not rich.

She is in between david ramsey (no debt ever) and Rich Dad, Poor Dad (super leveraged).

Some people on this forum have real experience and real solutions, not boiler room solutions like yours.You've been to too many get rich quick seminars at the Red Lion.

Rich people are well connected with our political system, and they tend to vote with their checkbook.  

Building wealth through real estate is not a get rich quick scheme, and you should look to project 3-5 years out to really see some great gains. 

But they are well known in the brokerage community.that fee schedule is pretty much standard all across the mid west.. nothing jumps out at me.pay your own utl fee's and you save those or better yet have the tenants pay them.. the inspections have to be done one way or the other 50 bucks to do what they do is dirt cheap.mowing the lawns is going rate..so  pretty standard really.. usually they will have your authorization to spend more than a certain amount say 300 bucks.. and usually turn over or maintenance is marked up at least 15% over cost.I can tell you unless you have thousands of units no one is getting rich in the PM bizz.. not sure how many they have and maybe they have thousands of doors in that case they are probably doing quite well on the PM size.. anything at 500 and under is usually kind of break even for most. or just a wage frankly.

A wise investor will not try to get rich quick with shortcuts.

Are you filing married/jointly and is that the best election - sometimes if you're rich spouse/richer spouse you can file separately and allocate income and itemized deductions with the other taking standard deduction to save overall. 

If you are trying to get rich quick (which will not likely happen) then I would be worried about the "bubble" popping especially if you buy hoping to ride the appreciation wave.

Should I hire a bookkeeper, as suggested by Robert Kiyosaki "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"...i think i do a pretty good job myself.