You want an accountant who can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the consequences of the financial decisions you are making throughout the year.Good luck.

The team is very transparent and responsive.In short, I have nothing negative to say and am overall pleased with the responsiveness.

@Chris May,See my response to Eric and Sean (4 posts back in this thread).

Is there any legal way to hold them at least partially responsible?

They definitely took your premium, but when problems happen they look for technicalities in order not to be responsible. 

I am looking to progress my real estate investing career in a responsible and timely way, and it has been hard to save money for my next property while paying this much for my current property.

Are you doing the interior TI build out or are you just building the shells and the future tenants will be responsible for building out their units as needed? 

The borrower will be responsible for $3K at closing while the lender will fund the remaining $12K for the interest reserve.

Here are ways to prioritize tenant relationships:1.Prompt Response to Requests: Acknowledge maintenance requests immediately, even if resolution takes time.

Put language in your lease about use of the screen for all fires.I always made it the tenant's responsibility to have the chimney cleaned at least once per year for the built in fireplaces and twice per year for the store bought types as they have smaller chimney piping.