My uncle is a financial coach who helps those to get out of debt (one of his passions).  

I went to Uncle B’s in NY state.  

My Dad, uncles, cousins, you name it and my family did it.

Roger that!

Paul Bradley at ROC USA have started.Thank you @Will Stewart and @Roger D Jones specifically and BiggerPockets generically for a quick authoritative response.

Once you’ve paid in a considerable amount of your wealth year after year as you’re building you’re business (I built an insurance brokerage from the ground up but new to real estate investing), you become frustrated at the lack of competence and accountability you find even in qualified CPA’s as well as the excessive amount you seem to pay Uncle Sam. 

Not sure your age, etc. but you might could be my rich uncle and give Joe S some pointers and if we’re similar to the same age I guess you could give first cousin Joe S some good ideas. :-) 

As a beginner, you can learn a lot from your uncle with a few rentals in another state or a co-worker who's on their second house hack.

He is definitely more conservative In my experience, former IRS employees are often poor tax advisors due to their brainwashing while working for Uncle Sam.

Roger