Certain organizations such as the AICPA and the State board that issues the CPA license mention what a CPA can / can't do to retain his / her license.Providing a comfort letter is an 'attest service'.Furthermore, CPA firms are encouraged to have insurance, which may mention that the firm can not provide comfort letters.What the mortgage company is looking to do is potentially have another person to go after if the mortgage goes south.It is not worth it to a CPA to get a few hundred dollars but potentially get a lot more in risk exposure.

We all need friends with a lot of stoke in our investing journey and Mark is that type of person you need in your life!

My personal suggestion - given what I know of your finances would not be to try and do a BRRRR - especially if you have never done one.  

Personally, I find that a bit steep and would probably look for another company.

Personally I would hustle and save money.

I am a general contractor who handles both residential and commercial remodeling. 

I've never been the landlord for a commercial property but have leased commercial property before - I leased through a commercial real estate agent who was acting as a leasing agent for the property owner, and the property owner was the one who collected my rent and is who I made repair requests to so personally haven't dealt with a Commercial PM before but will continue to follow this thread to learn more!

1) Ryan Weber Gomez, May does a lot of real estate transactions, not much for evictions but he'd know the person to contact at the least.2) eviction and small claim are completely separate legal cases.

I would personally do the later, keep the interest rate, and start your rental portfolio.   

I personally would stay away from Yardi, unfortunately their system is outdated and their customer service is sorely lacking.