Quote from @Brady Ascheman: Did you see this on a YouTube video?

Yes, its all about educating yourself, books, videos, REIA meetups, Bigger Pockets connections and maybe one on one courses to become a house flipper expert.

Find Brandon's videos on YouTube for the "four square" method of analyzing homes and practice.

hire a CPA and let them worry about ita lot of this is covered in Youtube videos and other BP threadshappy to help with any other questions you have - feel free to respond or PM me. 

We have been doing our homework, educating ourselves by reading books and watching educational videos online about how to better structure a company/ies for real estate investing.

Before taking the dive though listen to a great apartment course/video/cd (if they still have those) 10 times. please don't skip this step!

I've basically paid the mortgage on this property for a year with no rental income and a ton of expenses.The other properties had their own set of issues (the IN tenants trashed the property) but this KS property was so stressful, a headache, a hassle, such a financial loss, and I've just felt lied to the whole time I want to sell all of them and get away from it.The IN house has been on the market for 76 days (since this is the first property ready to sell, KS prop.

Does the PM/AM just keep switching vendors to see what they can get away with as times get tough and vendors cut off services?   

There are an array of books, videos, and groups to learn from out there so be sure to use all of them to your advantage.  

I have people pay $18K for a month in high season, I can't imagine they could get away with charging 20% on that.