They gave me half of my money back but won’t return the rest.

Accountants are in such demand, that the best are not even accepting clients half the time.The other problem I see often with accountants on here is that they specialize in larger investors, and have really high prices when you as a smaller investor do not need all the bells and whistles.Another thing I see is folks thinking they need to have a tax professional in their state.

For the past month and a half or so, I have been analyzing deals and connecting with realtors and lenders. 

If you are going to purchase SF homes in lower barrier  C/D neighborhoods be conservative with your debt, set aside plenty of reserves and consider half if not more of your appraised equity to be the result of a generous appraiser because you will likely never see the equity converted to a realized gain. 

I once had a call saying half the refrigerator isn't working they refrigerated all the food in the freezer while waiting for a replacement but normally the fridge is a complete failure and tenants are not that flexible.

Does it fall under the same rules as large buildings where owner/occupant buyers won’t be able to get a loan because half or more of the units are rentals?

Building a strong local network is one of the easiest ways to get involved in real estate.

He has a crazy large following, and around half of my friend's AirBnB stays are people coming for that gym! 

Complicating this issue is the need to do a 10-31 due to stepped up value/capital gains tax on half of the land.  

Email is the easiest way to do it and it is overwhelming sometimes but it is the best option, no other alternatives.