This means they have passed their education requirements, tests, continuing education, background checks, fingerprinting, etc.

@Cory RayI don't think the location of the CPA matters provided that they have a solid background in Real Estate and software/tools to support you remotely.There are 20+ real estate CPAs commenting in this forum.

I don't know your background, but buying three properties a month seems very ambitious. 

I feel with my Engineering and MBA background, this is something that really suits my skill-set and something I can sink my teeth into.

I have no background in real estate but a burning desire to generate passive income. 

Technical professional working full-time ready to return to real estate investing.

Actually, mine is a home purchase loan (not construction loan) and he is technically selling it to me after completion with his investment and his friend's.  

because I have never used an online background check service like smart move I assumed that the process online would be virtually identical to the paper process that typical tenant would go through when renting any property.

Just make sure when getting tenants to do proper background screening so you don't end up with a bad tenant not paying the rent.There is not much spread looking at the numbers you have mentioned and you might hit a loss if you try to fix and sell the house asap.I hope you get your issues be resolved soon.

I've also got a background in the biological sciences.