However, a good real estate accountant is worth what you pay them because they will save you time and money. 

THEY ARE STEALING FROM YOU (remember your remark about him not even getting a fast food/entry level job? 

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I focus heavily on the sell side and on the buy side only work with high net worth individuals so the newbie wanting a 400k multifamily with an FHA loan probably isn't for me. 

More on DSCR loans in case helpful: DSCR loans won't use your income to underwrite the loan.DSCR loans are based off of down payment, credit score and either actual or market rents so it helps to supercharge an investor's real estate goals and net worth.

@Victor Yang I am not a CPA but you cannot take passive losses (real estate activities) to offset active income (W2) unless you make under a certain threshold from your W2 (I don't recall the exact salary).That being said if it is turnkey and you can't value add to create rent growth then probably not worth it at the price

We are switching back to Meld but it is a little more expensive but worth every penny.

I'm not as good a professional but the work I did was mostly good enough for us to live in, and the small fixes to make it good enough for renters has been worth trying to do it myself.

Older properties can be picked up for < 50% of ARV and go up in value in rapid ways with urban renewal efforts … I’ve seen this happen time and time again and so it’s worth saying, diversification is ideal.

They either take too long or they throw in a ton of fees before closing making it not worth it?