., look up their bios on their firms' websites).If you want to branch out beyond those options, an old trick I'm fond of is seeing which local lawyers/accountants teach continuing education topics to other lawyers or accountants.One would expect they'd be experts in whatever topics they're teaching.

If anyone can provide a name or two or and/or a firm with attorneys known to be involved in creative strategies and rent to own transactions, I'd be eternally grateful.

PS - I am starting to think that while Debt investing is considered safer, equity projects sponsored by big firms may actually be more beneficial.

@Bryan Rome I do have a great CPA but she is between firms right now so she will be up and running in a couple months. 

I have a 20 year professional career in private equity and currently work for a real estate private equity firm.  

This eats a significant portion of my cash flow and makes it impossible to eventually hire a property management firm once I do acquire more properties. 

You can go to H&R block and have extremely low fees, or go to a big CPA firm with specific specialties and pay huge amounts.But try reaching out to @Natalie Kolodij, she may give you an idea of what the rate for say a real estate specialized cpa is.

In California you are going to pay a lot more per hour for tax services than if you decided to find a firm in the south or the Midwest. 

@Forrest ShealyThe truth of it is, most of these A/E firms hire warm bodies, and the young engineers don't really know how to add value 'during construction'. 

The address is 38021 Euclid Ave Willoughby if you want to take a look - its an old century home that used to house a medium sized law firm.