A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

I plan to act as the general contractor for these two new units, performing most of the work myself.

Flipping is a production business.

Shaun Shaun,I am a "specialist" and currently a business owner of a design and drafting company in CT. 

Therefore, if you look at history, real estate has continuously performed in an upwards fashion while, like any other investment, has experienced short lived corrections from time to time.

I dont know your business model exactly but I assume you collect some referral fee from the supplier?

Of course don't go there just looking for business, you go because you believe in whatever the group is doing. 

Another thing, the threads move down the forums rather quickly because it's so busy, so the odds of your post being seen for long by very many people is minimal. 

I took two business law courses in college. 

However, be mindful of the Section 461 business loss limitation, which could restrict your ability to deduct excess losses in a given year, depending on how your rentals are reported.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.