So many new clients come to me having worked with other CPAs or tax accountants that missed out on thousands of savings simply because their former accountant was unaware of real estate strategies. 

If this is just a short detour - i.e. parents are on serious borrowed time - then the same thing can apply, or you can simply choose to leave the home vacant while you're gone.

While I'd encourage anybody to invest in the Costa del Sol, I'd never suggest they could get the returns we're going to have, as that's simply not realistic.

Many investors invest out-of-state because their backyard is simply too expensive and/or because it does not cashflow at all.

We also visited their office in Jacksonville, inspected completed SFHs in Ocala, and visited future sites and homes under construction in Jacksonville and SW Florida.  

You simply Invoice your clients your agreed upon %.Property managers pay the cleaners and staff and invoice the owners.

Why not simply contact these landlords for a reference and deny based on that to protect yourself and also ask the applicant about the circumstances surrounding those cases.

Chase just completed their beta project. 

Completely agree.

Completely burnt out.