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

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

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

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.

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

I have a tenant who has never been able to make rent on time, they are typically making partial payments throughout the month to get current on rent before the start of the following month.

I’d be happy to connect and chat anytime!

I am going to shoot you over a PM to chat more I am interested in this area also!