Although much of this may be due to the recent change in our marijuana laws.

The trick if you're looking for a local connection though is that most of the teachers of such classes are actually out of state, especially in the post-COVID virtual presentation world.There are many good accountants outside of RI who are nonetheless familiar enough with the peculiarities of RI taxes (e.g., capital gains are counted as ordinary income 😭) that you could broaden the field significantly if you'd be willing to consider them and forego face-to-face sit-downs, but that's up to you of course.Looking online for the continuing education track, it looks like the acronym is CPE (continuing professional education) and the "Rhode Island Board of Accountancy accepts courses from providers that are members of NASBA's National Registry of CPE Sponsors and the Quality Assurance Service".

And I've seen medical marijuana businesses in these. 

I hadn't really thought about enforcing this policy until very recently, when it was determined during an inspection that the tenant had been smoking both cigarettes and marijuana indoors.

Anyone know anything about recreational marijuana dispensaries from a landlord concern?

Possession of Marijuana is illegal federally, but that doesn't stop states from choosing to not to enforce laws or prosecute.

Your mother and aunts should talk to their advisors...tax CPA(s) and estate planning attorney(ies) if they want to do this the best way possible.It's a bit peculiar that they want to give interest to non-children cousins. 

It is not illegal to possess or smoke marijuana in California.

I have never run into this it may be peculiar to Florida?

This seems peculiar to me but I am quite new to this and don't know how I can prove that there were water issues before if the tenants that are there now claim that this is the first time they've experienced it in the 1 year they lived there.