The conversation was that you wanted us to jump through hoops and prove who we were and my people aren’t trained for this.

The larger offices Livestream monthly trainings for a reasonable fee. 

Have money, get trained, work with experienced people, join a REIA.

From personal experience the national courses would always state throughout their training "check with your state and local municipality laws for applicability."

The key takeaway here is to reach out to your tax professional early in the year and provide them with all the necessary tax information to ensure timely and accurate filing.To answer your question, unless you have the proper knowledge or training to handle your taxes, especially since you have a rental property, it would be advisable to seek out another tax professional instead of filing your taxes yourself.

Another common thing is families coming for graduations since this is a training base.

They have a hell of an operation, and often hold trainings and hire often also. 

The only exception I make for puppies is if it is an actual service animal providing a specific service (such as diabetes dogs, or guide dogs) that will be going through specialized training.

We usually bill our owner's via cash rather than accrual (IE our July owners statement for an owner has their July revenue minus expenses paid in July) but the owners get confused when the cleans don't line up to the stays, so had to train our bookkeeper to include the July cleans on the July statement even though that invoice was paid in August, which is different than how all the non-cleaner invoices are handled.

You already saw and agreed with why I'm annoyed at the HELOC being promoted as a "program" (that usually costs circa $2,500 upfront for "coaching and training") to people that it's not really suited for (ie.