I visited the page you set up warning people about this blogger.When I visit his site, it's slick (I'm certainly impressed).

I was under the impression that I would only need to state that I’m licensed during negotiations but I recently had a realtor email me to say I should include my license number and broker on my mailers.

I bought the the book on rental property investing by Brandon Turner. After much more research I have concluded a possible duplex in my area that could in one property generate $90,000 in equity with in 7-8 months and...

The first one got dragged over the finish line and he (the broker) was impressed we got it to closing, so on this one the broker just called my partner. 

My parents have used the same tax guy for years and this is my first time filing independently from them.I was under the impression that I could write off items/tools purchased to rehab my duplex I’m house hacking, but I am being told otherwise.Can anyone shed some light on this for a tax newbie?

I can't count how many times I've gone through flips, turnkey properties and not been impressed by the work that was done. 

I also was not impressed.

Each time you repeat the process, the time it takes you to buy one more house divides in half, all other factors held equal.You won't get invited to any guru seminars to talk about leveraging your way into 1,000 doors in 3 years, but you'll have peace of mind for 3 decades and an impressive, debt-free portfolio in about 30 years that will be throwing off well north of 6 figures in cash flow. 

The pictures are the 1st impression of that house.

I have tried Cozy and TenantCloud's free online platforms last January and was not impressed with the accounting functions and returned to Excel.