I heard they are scamming people, but never dealt with them personally

There are three main requirements for REPS: 1) 750 hour rule 2) Greater than half of professional time rule3) Material participationHere’s a great article that walks through the necessities for your spouse to obtain REPS status.Do you have questions on the ways to benefit from a cost segregation study without personally obtaining REPS status?

The last few properties we have put on the market went under contract in under a week with multiple offers but they were priced right, were inline with the area but were done with quality and were in desirable areas.Unless you are dealing in a low-end market, a home warranty should be a standard inclusion especially for first time home buyers. 

WHEN I LOOK AT ALL THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND TALK TO CONTRACTORS THEY ALL SAY PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING, THEY ARE VERY SIMPLE TO ASSEMBLE WITH LIKE 5 PERSON CREW, ONLY TAKES MAYBE 15 DAYS.

Check your contract and make sure there was a defined process for change orders.

Personally, what I've been doing is simply adding up these individual expenses, and then come tax time or whatever, simply divide it among the number of properties that I have, and then add that number to the specific unit in question's maintenance/repair expenses.

I personally save a fortune on taxes and my clients do very well with this strategy.

Your draft person should know about this, but make sure you check this.

They can't tell you what your interest rate will be or how much you will end up paying until you sign the contract and they run your credit so you will most likely end up paying way more!

I personal would only explore re-financing with other lenders (having conversations- getting to know what they offer).