Now he has sold the company and is more of a flat rate charge based loosely on how long it takes him to prepare the return.

Foundation issues are not end all be all, there are some great foundation repair companies.

There are a ton of property management companies.

For any investors in the group, take a peak at #10 Greensboro/High PointIt's an interesting choice of verbiage to look at "median" sale price YoY because 10% feels like A LOT on the entry-level/investment inventory, and more of what I see in the high-end resale and, specifically, new construction inventory that tends to swing our avg's way up in the macro.Completely disagree that rent will be 0%.

the company I went with was 12k and performed high quality work.

We work hard and know our reputation is everything and a little transparency never hurts any company!  

You might check with your Self-Directed IRA Trust Company/Custodian, they might have a brokerage connection capability where you can setup a brokerage account tied to your IRA, then you can with that brokerage to invest in various public market investments, in some cases stocks, mutual funds, ETF's, treasuries, and CD's.

Question is, is the person you are dealing with a correspondent broker who brings them deals to fund or someone from their company.

They offer better economies of scale and tend to be more manageable as you grow your portfolio.

Rinse and repeat as many times as life allows, or convert to buying pure investments.Consider employment with a property management company.