@Chris Kay finding a quality, cost-effective contractor is extremely difficult:(There are thousands of contractors that are great talkers, but rarely perform within budget.Standard bait & switch is to lowball a bid, then once they get started all sorts of things "pop up" that somehow their bid didn't cover.

A good real estate accountant can save you thousands of dollars by leveraging entity selection and formation, tax deductions, cost segregations, bonus depreciation and tax planning.I recommend finding an accountant who specializes in real estate taxation, business taxation, financial planning and tax planning.You may want to consider working with your accountant remotely to expand your options.I would also recommend looking for a accountant willing to work with you throughout the year.

Well I guess its not true what you are telling me, we paid you thousands to help us meet the tests for REP for my wife and you did not deliver. 

I have been a RE broker for 44 Years now.. and thousands of transactions in the tank..

I feel if a person doesn't have the time or desire to get on a plane to look at something they are dumping hundreds of thousands of dollars in, they probably are not that suited for this business.

In the past ten years, I've made thousands of connections through BiggerPockets without ever having a call-to-action or sending a DM first.

And yet 1000’s, 10’s of thousands, maybe millions of people invest in those areas.

A "professional" tenant can draw out an eviction and and strip anything of value from the home, costing you tens of thousands without batting an eye.There are stories of people living in a home for over a decade without paying a dime.

. $250), then refund them back the remaining.I don't understand why some people say you need a seperate account for every tenant, that's a bit ridiculous especially since banks normally require min balances, so you'll end up owing thousands to the bank everytime you pay back the tenant's security deposit.

This was probably a year ago, but Before going onto their website I even called and spoke to a worker at that office who directed me to the category where I would find them… the category was filled of all kinds of irrelevant documents, thousands of them.