I had an agent that I used for the past 4 years but think I can get better rates. 2) can anyone recommend a good tax person that handles property taxes under a business and personal as well.

Find a good lawyer who handles them all the time.

A group of them were handled by Citizens Community Bank, based out of virginia. 

Not only is she my daughter, when we lived in Redding, she was the Broker that handled the sales of our subdivision along with her agents.

I have cash to help with financing and a contractor to handle most of the rehab work, but I am looking for good property deals, as well as any other business proposals. 

Outside of these cases, a lot of investors use hard money to give them the ability to do more properties at a time if they have the construction resources to handle.

Never stop working, never stop doing...buy as many as you can handle and keep going. 

It's often worth the fee to have a tile company (or real estate attorney depending on your state) handle the paperwork and make sure everything is done properly.

When you have a partner in a bussiness one of the partners will have more interest and more talent in certain areas and more or less always handle that part.  

How have other people handled this in Baltimore City?