I'm a private money lender and a buy and hold investor, and in my opinion, no lender will ask for an upfront fee other than possibly asking you to pay for an appraisal or BPO directly to the valuation company.

I am only three years out of college (marketing) and the majority of my professional experience is in sales/ account management (B2C and B2B).

Accountants are in such demand, that the best are not even accepting clients half the time.The other problem I see often with accountants on here is that they specialize in larger investors, and have really high prices when you as a smaller investor do not need all the bells and whistles.Another thing I see is folks thinking they need to have a tax professional in their state.

Hi Dylan - have you had a real estate professional value the property and the rental value?

Basit-  The point of the podcast that I was listening to was that this "STR Loophole" ( I know it's not a loophole, but that's what they were calling it on the podcast) is relatively unknown to many tax professionals and STR owners.

As @Scott Scoville mentioned before, we host a monthly meetup event with local professionals and investors, and you are more than welcome to join :)What exactly are you looking for here on BP?

On the $500K you raised from private investors, will you cash-out REFI to pay them back? 

I am at my wits end.I have a private mortgage through the seller that I planned to refinance.

I personally run a Professional Landlord business to manage our own properties and others for a significant discount compared to traditional property managers!

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