It may be hard to find unbiased advice on account of that.To me, it seems that his/their core competency is promotion and fund raising.

No place for emotions in negotiations. 

A good real estate accountant can save them thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend that they find a tax accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.I would also recommend that they look for a accountant willing to work with them throughout the year, who can help them strategize and who is responsive when they want to know the consequences of the financial decisions they are making throughout the year.Good luck.

Also Minoan has so many companies to choose from which makes it confusing if you don't know the suppliers well.No, they don't charge after placing an order, and I use Minoan all the time!

Expect to see more brokerages reduce their fees for listing real estate as they move towards fee models that not only recognizes but accounts for the role technology plays.

At this time I do not have any money in an IRA its in an account provided by my employer.

In some places there are a few days grace period to allow for rent that is sent via mail (which I don't get because if it is due on the 1st, plan ahead). 

They are either a combination of a Maintenance/Tenant Management business or Accounting/Real Estate sales/Tenant management service. 

Money came from 50k of savings and 50k borrowed from a 401k account that I am paying myself back in 5 years with a payment of 1000 a month. 

This absolutely sucks, they should be held accountable.