Traditionally I have always done my own taxes, but now that our portfolio has more than doubled (also looking at a duplex in the Spring), I am in need of someone who really knows the intricacies of real estate tax laws to maximize our return for years to come.

Traditionally I have always done my own taxes, but now that our portfolio has more than doubled (also looking at a duplex in the Spring), I am in need of someone who really knows the intricacies of real estate tax laws to maximize our return for years to come.

.- Maximize your W-2 Potential and this will make getting investment loans MUCH easier for you to get going with real estate. 

With the 4-plex: Once acquired, take the time to stabilize, maximize rents, minimize expenses and learn what is most probably the hardest thing about real estate industry: managing tenants and all their quirky little idiosyncracies! 

I can have my single family paid off in 8 years if I start rolling that money back into it, and if I do the same to my 4plex I can have it completely paid in 8 years after that if I commit those funds I budget every month to live on my employment income - what I don't know is if I should allocate my passive income back into my existing investments to maximize long term cash flow, or focus on buying new properties.

If this were a forum for maximizing profit in sales tactics where we can discuss the intricacies of getting paid for a diagnostic service call regardless of whether you actually diagnose anything correctly, well then...

I'm not looking to nit-pick the finer details of maximizing ROI so much as I am looking to hear from people who have used this strategy and to find out the up/down-sides of it.Thanks for the thoughts!

I plan to hold the property for 5 years at the very least so I'm not opposed to making up-front investments that will help my return over time and of course improve my numbers to maximize a sale price when I decide to sell it.Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!

We are looking to start financing so we can increase our inventory and maximize buying power which leads into my question.

Your client is financially incentivized to minimize your slice of the deal so that he can maximize his own.