Is it one guy that brings a team of specialists to look at the structure, roofing, plumbing etc?

I'm also investing in Ohio from afar with the same general objectives, so please feel free to DM with any questions and I'll do my best to point you in the right direction. 

If you are a specialist in some areas of business like probates and shortsales and own your own brokerage and don't plan on dealing with other people's listings, then you can get away with not joining NAR.

My objective with the investors who invest with me is to have them make higher returns and take less risks than if they were investing on their own.

@Susan O.You'll need more of a tax-specialist for question 2.As to question 1, the depreciation schedule for commercial property is now 40 years and residential is 30 based on the 2017 tax code changes. 

I am looking for tried and true names of a tax specialist in north central Indiana that specialize in REI.

If so that sounds even questionable.The objective is claim some justified expenses not trigger further opportunities for more audit.

For example, Zillow could make it real easy for someone to go online and list their home for a flat rate, or even adjustable rates with different "marketing plans", and all Zillow needs is "listing specialist" (could even be a program/algorithm) to go over the submitted listings. 

The lawyer is mostly trying to say that I didn't have the right to hold any money for damage that the tenant claims was done by icicles, but I discovered the damage in July after she moved out, so not an icicle in sight, she didn't call me or take pictures, and I think it was a dent caused by a car or a heavy object and she is lying.

Don't fall into chasing the shiny object like so many do.