What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

If your current CPA can't provide this type of advice, maybe try the BP pros finder tool (I will post the link below) or hopefully someone will comment here and recommend a real estate CPA that they worked with before.https://www.biggerpockets.com/business/finder/searches/ffd0c...

Credit pulls for the same type of loan within a short window (usually 14-45 days) are treated as one inquiry, so your score should be fine.

There’s a lot different tenant types and I’ve spent a lot of time figuring things out.

Quote from @Andrew Steffens: There are probably more experienced people on this type strategy who will hopefully chime in. 

If it is not adding up, and you can find an attorney specializing in that type of thing, it may be worth paying for a little of their time.

Value add, so BRRRR type of model. 

I work in engagement marketing and deal with construction tradesmen all day, usually more custom type tradespersons with a lot of care and concern for their own work, which may glamorize it more than I realize.

I would not necessarily advise being cash flow neutral or negative before you account for these types of things.

If you want to be active, you will get a lot of good advice on this Forum about what market to invest in and what type of active property.