Licensed in both Hawaii and Vermont at the moment, navigating acquisitions and depositions by collaborating the directions of my client with grounded professional understanding. 

Would you mind sharing your professional opinion on which of these kitchen designs would sell better?

Real Estate Professional = 750 hours and more time on real estate than anything else.

Your best bet is to ask for referrals from professionals in the space: realtors, other investors, this forum, FB groups, etc.

In the long run, I want to build a portfolio that will bring in cash flow.Would be great to connect with all types of professionals who work in the area.

The first is that there's no consensus between tax professionals, and the second is that you will not like my personal interpretation.My interpretation is:Until the property is "placed in service" - everything goes into basis.Illustration.You buy a property July 1st.You finish rehab November 1st and put the property on the market.Your tenant moves in January 15th.The property was placed in service November 1st, and it does not matter that the tenant did not move in until the next year.Everything paid between July 1st and November 1st, including interest and utilities, goes into basis.

I’m a professional civil engineer with years of experience in construction and entrepreneurship.

A non-franchised Broker with six agents won't have professional training and resources, so a new agent won't be trained as well and will struggle to get started. 

My lease requires professional carpet cleaning, which would cost more than $500 for a home of that size.Yes, it's reasonable to reduce the cost because she was such a long-term tenant.

Matt Scott, Incite Venture Capital and his team can be summarized as follows: over priced, non responsive, non professional agreement breaking, chip on their shoulder and otherwise a bad investment.