I have read from multiple sources about the benefits of a property manager, CPA, attorney, mortgage broker, etc...and as an amateur in this field I want all the help I can get from them! 

Amateurs don't because they KNOW they can get more for the house ( since it's theirs I assume!).

(Start with fix and flips as amateur & and the next move into commercial renovations and so forth.)

Do you appear to be an experienced professional or a part time amateur?      

I spend most of the winter being an amateur meteorologist and pissing my painters off by constantly scheduling and rescheduling them.

These exemptions apply to corporations, and any community chest, fund, or foundation, organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, or educational purposes, or to foster national or international amateur sports competition, or for the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.†Don’t see that one working myself...REITThis one I am very interested in but to qualify as a REIT it has to follow these basic rules1, Be an entity that is taxable as a corporation2, Be managed by a board of directors or trustees3, Have shares that are fully transferable4, Have a minimum of 100 shareholders5, Have no more than 50 percent of its shares held by five or fewerindividuals during the last half of the taxable year6, Invest at least 75 percent of its total assets in real estate assets7, Derive at least 75 percent of its gross Income from rents from realestate property or interest on mortgages on real property8, Have no more than 20 percent of its assets consist of stocks in taxable REIT subsidiaries9, Pay annually at least 90 percent of its taxable Income in the form ofshareholder dividendsBut the benefits are that a REIT PaysNO CAPITAL GAINS TAX.

Fund managers more in the know than I am and emotional trading by amateur investors like me determine my stocks’ value.

It really was giving amateur investors the wrong impressions.

The difference between the amateur and a professional is that the professional does the basic to perfection and the armature overlooks at the basics."

The other bad time is in a clearly up trending market, as this draws out all of the amateurs to bid prices up to the moon, and it's really tough to buy anything if you are disciplined.