I don’t know enough about the individual firms to recommend one in particular just yet.

Hi Everyone - we need to change our CPA Firms.

Initially I was planning to establish an LLC for liability protection, but after several consultations with different law firms, entity structures seem more complicated and much more expensive than what I need just starting out and with and no real wealth to protect. 

Do I be firm and say look man I don't appreciate you picking up other jobs while I have holding costs on this or do I say no problem.

not negative negative response:I firmly believe you need to spend 6+ months studying any market at the zip-code level before you make an investment.

Our firm always liked the area and a value add deal fell into our lap in 2023.

My firm passively invests with some of the top US self-storage operators.

Yes you need a RE niche firm but tax prep without proactive year round tax planning is not very valuable.

I can barely get firms to look at columbus with 10x years of experience thats mostly for ground up. the average house cost is still less than 100k which means you have a lot of houses to tear down still to create a housing shortage. the economics don't make it favorable for any type of investing but turn key or maybe ground up in the urban core which works in any city. but compare any of these cities, I'll take Indianapolis, Chicago, Minneapolis, and columbus and Milwaukee and pass on the rest. 

This is typically how I approach my investing since I'm more in it for the long haul than short term rewards.