@David Fritch Thank you, ethically as a licensed real estate practitioner I inform the other party that I have multiple LOIs but that is just a personal work ethic and not the norm.

However, if you find a fully competent practitioner who you feel totally comfortable with working from a distance (i.e., you know that you can trust them), that can work reasonably well too. 

My wife is a physician so part of my research was interviewing her :) The days of a single practitioner or several getting together and starting up a new medical practice is probably over.

My wife is just a sole practitioner no assistant other than a transaction coordinator that makes 200 a file.. 

I've worked full time in the medical field ever since graduating college but beginning this fall, I am beginning a full time 3 year graduate school program to become a nurse practitioner.

I am a nurse practitioner full time but have always had an interest in RE since undergrad.

So whatever you do, if you do it on your own you might want to run this by an experienced tax practitioner before finally executing any given strategy.The dollars aren't huge, but large enough to take precautionary measures.

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If your risk is high, or you're simply unsure of what your risk level is then perhaps you do need to seek assistance.You should get a solid tax practitioner to represent you (that may or may not be a CPA).

He's a sole practitioner and can't re-sell that time at the eleventh hour.