Im fine waiting another month with out the increase starting in Oct.. but.

Hi, my LLC is about to start a rehab on a future STR lake house that the LLC will manage via rental arbitrage. 

Furnishing with affordable, durable, new furniture will run you around $18,000 if you're starting from scratch.

My investments have been out of state but I'm starting to look at some local rehabs or new build projects.  

We were originally going to Ann Arbor but the real estate market was so competitive there it started feeling like the Bay Area.

I want to start off by saying I don't know anything about Toledo.

I agree with @Michael Plaks that the pricing should be discussed prior to the start of the engagement.My firm does not like the hourly invoice method because I find it can potentially cause anxiety to clients who may not know the final price.if you were a nice client and paid an hourly fee, maybe there was a lot of time towards 'setting' you up as a client(inputting your properties, prior year carryforwards, depreciation schedule, etc) which won't be a cost for you going forward.Best of luck.

I'd say go for it, everybody has to start somewhere.

I'll start out with asking what your long term goals are.

After a bunch of years, start to sell it off if you want to live off of the houses.