If the one lender won’t, the next one will just wake sure there is no deferred maintenance.

Home prices are higher than they normally would be even in these tight market conditions.Tell me why!

So this is a tricky thing.Accountant's / CPA / Professionals who get paid based on their knowledge and time normally do provide a 'free consulting' call to have a chat with them.However, please be mindful that the 'free consulting' most firms offer is very high level and moreso to see if you both would be a good fit for eachother.Sometimes, these calls are done by the owner(if its a smaller firm) or business development  professionals if the firm is larger.1800-Accountants is a large firm so you are likely first vetted by a non accountant whose main job is to get the sale.Best of luck.

Working full time and investing in real estate is pretty normal. 

I would in a normal course of a rehab replace cast iron lines on the interior of the home and basement if they are accessible and if I already have a plumber there doing work as those are cheap and easy to replace at that time.

Thank you to all for taking the time.It's not luxury by any means, but for the properties I have seen in the neighborhood, I truly do believe it is in better shape than 90% in the specific neighborhood at least - 1960s neighborhood, covers whole sq mile. 3b1b 850sqft, "normal sized front yard" (for the area) 1,000sqft front yard and largest backyard in the neighborhood at 5000sqft. 

I can estimate most of the cost, taxes, insurance, utilities, PM fees, and such and I know that should be provided in the expenses but when it comes to the actual maintenance of the property, what strategy do you normally use?

For me personally, it sufficed to have my "normal" homeowner coverage and require renters to get their own.

Under normal circumstances a fee to manage the contractors and construction process seems appropriate, but one of the GPs owns the construction company that was used for the renos.

He is a normal attendee at our meetup.