We use Quickbooks Online for our main accounting software.  

Definitely not doing the work myself so it sounds like resale value won't be impacted if I have a licensed person fix the issue and provide evidence/documentation that it was done correctly.

You cannot use personal funds.You must pay others to do repairs and manage the property.

For those that rely on traditional methods and personal experience, I can understand this perspective.

A tough thing we've found though (like you mentioned) is even the highly rated foundation folks in our area -- as well as a lot of the content online -- all have a strong incentive to sell big high-margin solutions.

No risk, just reward—whether for personal deals, joint ventures, or simply passing along awesome prospects to each other, I’m always actively prospecting for new deals and sharing them with my network.Let’s collaborate, learn, and grow together!

The barrier to entry is lower so they seem attractive, and to the person who knows what they are doing, they can be very profitable.

Welcome to BP - great Texas community here (and in person)!

Just for simple math use average 20% personal tax rate.  

Once again, the loss of the compounding factor by concentrating on my personal home rather than an investment was significant.