You want an accountant that can help you strategize and who is responsive when you want to know the tax consequences of the decisions you are making throughout the year.House hacking will complicate your tax return. 

Don't over-complicate the setup process, just get that first rental and make sure it's a good one - that's the most important step!

Don't make it complicated.

It gets a bit more complicated if you live in the property.

I know people who invest out of state and its good and all, but they need dozens of properties or get involved in complicated real estate deals in order to make just a little bit of money.

I also know that in the coming weeks I’m going to learn more about how that may be complicated as an agent.What do you guys do?

Your start and end points maybe different than mine or most people here, but real estate is big enough that you don't need to travel unnecessary roads if you don't want to.

It will take the owner a very long time to lease up the units, and they would be "wasting" a lot of money doing unnecessary work.So before your rush into your first construction deal with self storage, we highly recommend doing research.  

I wanted to see if it is normal before I accuse them of unnecessary charges.

While there are many techniques out there to invest with very little cash, they are generally more "advanced/complicated" and carry more risk.P.S.