Are you a risk taker or conservative, are you organized or disorganized, are you emotionally intelligent or think more with your heart?

To prepare:Line Up a Cost Segregation Specialist: Reach out to a reputable firm now so they can review your property soon after purchase.Document Pre-Purchase Costs: Any fees or improvements related to acquisition should be organized for easier allocation.Tax Strategy Planning: Consult your CPA to align this with your overall real estate strategy and optimize benefits for 2025.This post does not create a CPA-Client relationship.

Challenge is, finding a PMC that meets your expectations and is organized well enough to consistently deliver.Read on for our copy & paste advice about screening PMCs:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.

I would like to know more about the role of zoning attorneys and the potential costs of involving them in organizing and submitting the proposal to the appropriate departments.

These situations are tough, but staying organized and pushing the process forward yourself will make a world of difference.

However, I feel like there is more that I could do, to be more organized.

The tantrum to not create "organic" relationships via posting. 

As a borrower your objective should be to  turn over a well organized and easy to digest loan package.

However, don't discount the value an organized and knowledgeable GC brings to your job site and mistaken the value they place on their time for a mark up on materials.  

I'm going to bet that they either blocked or closed the vents in the  master bedroom and there isn't really a problem.Explain to them that you need to get it looked at and if they are not going to organize it, then you are taking matters into your own hand and doing it.