Originally posted by @Frank Casi:Read Jacob's reply...alot of fancy words...anyone ever gave me a response like that I would hang up the phone on that person..

But from what I CAN tell, the "average" SF home on the nicer-but-not-super-fancy side rent for $2,000-3,000/month depending on the neighborhood and size.

Unless you get into fancy stuff and many rentals (3+) you should be able to handle it with TTax Premier edition.Even with a CPA you still need to know to ask the right questions, provide the correct information, and "guide" them into helping you with the taxes (and counting all possible deductions in the right way).

The agent brings in a bunch of comps and fancy marketing brochures and make all sorts of promises (unless they are members of BP). 

Nothing to fancy or cringey just something to make you push through any complication.

There will always be an incentive for them to tout the added value of making investments using various forms of hedges or other fancy investments that are designed to generate alpha.

There was nothing fancy to it.

You're just like "Here was my life at the time, I barely knew about bonds and was in med school buying a fancy car!"

I’d have to stop going to fancy restaurants like chic fila and go back to the dollar menu at Wendy’s and McDonald’s  but I think I’d survive. 

You should've seen the download rates at our college international student dorms.