Start looking now and find a local Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Enrolled Agent (EA) who is a private practitioner.

If you're not getting enough, on average, to make back your costs in the medium / long-term, you either need to make changes or find another tactic to ensure your dollars are in some way putting you closer to the next successful deal.Lately I've shifted my perspective to making connections with practitioners in the space.

This is VERY different that what the guru's do and I believe its the education and business model of the future, kind of like VoEd on steroids with education available online 24/7, for LIFE (including updates and new courses), practitioner-instructors who actually make their living doing what they teach and a local support system.Education is always needed.

Some come off as doing commercial real estate but are general practitioners and it makes up only a small percentage of their business.You do not want an attorney like that which will just research things and ask colleagues and try to wing it.Instead you want an attorney where they show commercial real estate with a retail component and some development experience is most to all of what they do.

Being a CPA and having had a CPA business in a prior life, I would lean toward the smaller sole practitioner vs the larger firms (unless you have a very complex situation).

The reason that Sky is recommending an LLCs for doctors is primarily due to the fact that medical malpractice suits are a serious concern for many practitioners.

I can recommend a legal service plan which employs law firms as opposed to sole practitioners - this way all major areas of law are covered and provided for.

The FIRE Wizard meetup established to learn from, network with FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) practitioners and “Wizards” (rockstars).  

Some are sole practitioners.

@Valerie HamiltonPublication 463 mentions when meals can be deductible.You can deduct the cost of meals in either of the following situations.It is necessary for you to stop for substantial sleep or rest to properly perform your duties while traveling away from home on business.The meal is business-related entertainment.I would argue that if you traveled out of state, communicated with the tenant, made some repairs etc that it would qualify under the first exception.Many tax practitioners are wary to take deductions because they fear it may raise a red flag and you get audited.