Having said that, most appraisers are required by their appraisal organization and state real estate commissions to "fairly" evaluate comparable sales presented by the owner or buyer.

If this is your first deal, a total rehab may be difficult to organize on your end.

I think I can definitely organize these things based off of your recommendations.

I have used a variety of advisors over the years, been an advisor myself and self managed, here are some thoughts...Some Pros:Having someone you expect to be more qualified than yourself paying more attention to your investments than you might want to.If you work with a fiduciary they should put your interest ahead of their own with a written commitment.They keep you organized for tax time.They will generally have a set template of investments based on how you answer the questionnaire, interpret that as a plus or a minus. 

You can organize an LLC on-line same day in many states (ie New Mexico for $50).

If it's a larger organization, feel free to inquire about their different staff qualifications.2.

@Stephen Akindona Sorry if this is a basic question, but are the tax returns required to be from one company/organization only, or as long as you have 2 years of tax returns regardless of the company?

BIGGER POCKETS PRO CHALLENGE:FROM START TO FINISH WHO CAN DROP A STEP BY STEP ORGANIZED PLAN OF ACTION TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL?

My advice would be to type the name of the organization in the Google or YouTube search bar and next to it put "scam" or "scandal" ...that will give you a good idea of what you're getting yourself into. 

After we discovered the organization, it turbocharged our SF returns and eventually led us to multi family investing.