Feel free to track on the site above or if not, I'll post again with an update in a few weeks time as they get closer to some sort of proposal.  

I mean in general what sort of expert should I try finding first, but if someone has specific people in mind who deal with the UP that works for me too.

However, it was not something that we planned on and I did not have any sort of communication prior to with that particular poster planning to highlight their services. good point Joe will have to see if I can see that kind of behavior..

Dave NA ,Non LLC and non corporation husband-wife holders of rental properties do not have to file a partnership return; They can file Schedule E.The problems comes if it is held by an LLC(Two-member) in a non-community property state.For the management activities I would still recommend using an S-election or C-corp if applicable.

We arrive in Portugal at the end of March and once we have got ourselves sorted I will see if we can get a few people around for a meet up. 

The good news is that there are plenty of great CPAs out there including on these forums.We did have a conversation with him, which is why we selected him in the first place.

It seems premature and sort of tacky after hearing your thoughts on it.

Shake down runs help sort things that guests will find that you might have missed.That is what we did for part of our first year and it was very helpful.

I'd call insurance before having any sort of plumber to come do any repairs.

His bank was in a state like Indiana, while one of his companies is in Wyoming, and just all sorts of weird sketchy stuff that accumulated over the period working with him.