I have stalked the site for quite some time and picked up some good pointers.

It sounds like you have "a tax guy", so if he's knowledgeable in real estate, he'll be able to pick out all the different line items and treat them accordingly.

He called me on the first to come pick up the rent.

I've picked up several of these deals & closed them over the last few months.One could not be closed, and they faced the choice of a HML or losing their EMD

Pay them to paint fences, pick up trash, carry materials etc as appropriate for their age.I would recommend that you start with a 4 unit property and manage it yourself for a while.  

Between the podcasts, forums, and blogs theres more information than you could possibly take in a year.I have a suggestion though...if you like learning from books, pick up the Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller.

As an attorney myself, I have had numerous clients tell me they'd like for me to prepare a document (form, contract, etc) that they can modify for later use, which is fine, as long as you know I may not be able to pick up the pieces after the storm.

Once she picks the brand she wants then she might want to look at a couple of offices hear her and see which one she likes best.

Once we broke up I dove head first into wholesaling, plan was to get cash and cherry pick deals.

We picked up a pool of 17 assets worth $617K for $200K and we converted half of them into performing and the other half we sold off as REO's.