@Alex Kearney I could get really preachy and You can pick up any real estate book that can summarize how to get a house without a down payment an such.

To summarize, tax considerations are a major factor, but also how/where the money will be invested.

I've always wondered about that...Now, your questions almost should be separate posts since would could spend hours on each but I will try to summarize them separately. :1.

It also could be more if the CPA is doing some almost bookkeeping work like putting together your schedule E analyzing your rental expense and categorizing them versus you already having them summarized; deciphering what new improvements to capitalize versus expense and whatnot all takes time. 

Summarize my dude! 

@Nathan BillerIf all you are concerned with is tax reporting, you can likely give the accountant the following items and he should have a good start to preparing your tax return as it relates to your real estate investments1) year to date activity report generated by property management company2) 1098 from mortgage company detailing mortgage interest, real estate taxes paid for the year3) Insurance receipt4) call with the accountant on any other expenses paid, travel to and from the property, home office, etcNow if you want to have a monthly record of how your property is doing, you should take the monthly statement your PM is giving you and summarize it with the out of pocket expenses you pay for in some accounting software of excel.

So on the FIRE reddit I made a post and to summarize it I basically said I’m at 40k gross income a year.

Termite infested and multiple diy issues from previous owner.The scope of work can be summarized as1.

I think this properly summarizes the sentiment of this thread.

Basically hoping for something with a "deal sheet" that summarizes the biggest deals in the area for the past month.