They were more than happy to answer all of my beginner questions and collaborated amongst themselves to make the entire process, from offer being placed to meeting at the closing table, seamless.

Once you learn the basics stil keep learning and tweaking but prioritize your time investment into what brings the biggest - percent likelyhood of successful payout- volume of payment vs the riskWhen I ran a large call center I compared it playing money ball with time.

On this purchase I prioritized more on what I liked, paying a premium with the intention of potentially living here in the future with no roommates. 

I would prioritize finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation over one that is local.There are 20+ accountants on this message board who specialize in real estate taxation.

I would prioritize finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation over one that is local.There are 20+ accountants on this message board who specialize in real estate taxation.

I would prioritize finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation over one that is local.There are 20+ accountants on this message board who specialize in real estate taxation.

Bear in mind I run book consulting business and travel quite a lot for work, so managing renters is not necessarily the most appealing thought, but I'm also open to prioritizing for the right fiscal reasons.

Are they not paying you on time because they don't have money or they are they prioritizing paying you last?

You are on a good path if you've done 37 deals in 6 years and are still running, but when you have one part of the team as an agent and one as the business manager, there are ways to start to merge on-market and off-market to serve both well and to collaborate inside your business like that.

Or is it something you collaborate together?