If I could chime in to help in the search:be sure to find an accountant who is willing to grow with you, and is not too high priced fee-wise.

If what she was doing was offside, I don’t want to be doing this.Finally, please don’t judge - we know we were too naive at the time, and we would only ever work through licensed brokers now.

Have you ever heard of a Landlord being sued by a Tenant and losing property?

Hamilton county is the only one growing to my knowledge in the Cincinnati MSA.

Can't wait to see you grow.

Along with their dues or what ever they pay the office . 

Is this a smarter way to get into the business and grow from there?

As to taking advantage of novice investors, only a very small percent of people who buy ANY real estate investment program at any price ever start trying to put it into practice.

You work for a period of time, you sell the house, you get a chunk of money, and then you are done.A long-term rental will bring money for the rest of your life and continue to grow in value. 

Do what's right and your business will grow faster.