The home was listed on the mls.

You are required to file a complete and accurate return, which means reporting the income that you earned along with atleast the direct expenses that you incurred on your rental.There are two comflicting forces - Your tax accountant wants to be aggressive with deductions because it will entitle you to paying less taxes(now or in the future).Your lender wants to see as much income as that will increase your Debt to Income Ratio(DTI).The good thing is that you can speak with your lender about 'one time expenses', that were only incurred in that year and are not reoccuring. 

Hope this helps, and best of luck on your journey Priya!

My unit is a 2/2 in Destin, but on the North side of the highway. 

Haven’t heard of this company but most of these companies prey on people who dont spend a few minutes to search online.

Wrapping up renovations on one side of my first duplex and I closed in July.

Can you all share insight on what I important aspects of property taxes I should be building knowledge on.

Congrats on flipping three houses and having a rental!

A lot of end buyers have realtors on a drip campaign for off market deals as well. 

Quote from @Michael Smythe: @Steve K.Recommend exploring as many sources as possible to get referrals AND cross-reference them to get as much accurate information as possible.Check out NARPM.com, BP’s Property Manager Finder (BiggerPockets: The Real Estate Investing Social Network), etc.Also, encourage you to learn from the mistakes of others - by reading posts here on BiggerPockets about owners not having their expectations met by their current Property Management Company.