Will they be doing other types of work like getting through the financing, becoming the guarantor, finding the deals, crunching the numbers, doing the accounting, or are they just simply doing less work?

Whether it's a legal demand for compliance or simply an email, it doesn't really matter; just make sure everything is in writing. 

There simply isn't enough margin in this business to layer on a national company, without charging you an arm and a leg and/or doing a substandard job.

AS Much as anything most folks in RE in that area simply rely  totally on them ..

The chart of accounts is structured around the Schedule E, so you simply export it and send to your tax professional.

And maybe it's not all or nothing for a given method, sometimes a combination of various financing tools is what wins.

Jay what you've got to understand about Josh is the fact he is simply lying.  

For consulting with a CPA.As mentioned above you can simply take monthly distributions, but what is most important is how you are set up. 

Without rent control i either raise their rent far above market rents so they give me notice (my preferred method) or i simply do not renew their lease.

Would this be an optimal win-win for risk reduction + tenant satisfaction?