Competing for grants and other monies from foundations and the govt is a whole 'nuther level that requires ongoing efforts by professionals in the grant writing field.The B Corp appears to me as a feel good pseudo entity at this point.

If you mean protection for general liability (tenants, visitors, slip & falls), just grab an umbrella policy (~250/yr for 1mil covering ~5 properties, about 100 for each increment mils), simplest thing you can do and beats the couple thousand in fees a professional will charge you.If you want or need to do tax sheltering strategies or optimize estate distributions etc, then definitely go for a qualified accountant or attorney.

I have many friends and acquaintances who are fee based planners and frankly even those professionals have a vested interest in selling product.

I have had a fiberglass tub/shower surround refinished professionally 3 years ago and it has held up well.

Hard money lenders, which are professional lenders at high rates for renovation loans, charge 12-15% and 2 to 5 points up front.

Professionally, my interest was specifically bond- tax free munis, fannie, freddie and higher yielding corp. stuff- nobody but institutions do that kind of biz these days.

Thanks to the BiggerPockets community for all the invaluable advice -- it's helped me personally and professionally for many years.Here's my question: This year my wages at my non-real estate job increased to $190,000.

Also on a side note I happen to be a sales executive for a firm that sells resident screening, renters insurance, and rent collections services to property management professionals which had a big part in inspiring me to invest on the side.Looking forward to speaking with everyone and learning more.

That is more professional and far removed from the time of death so it is much less tacky.

And perhaps that was one of the intended consequences that small time operators would be out of the business and a "professional" mortgage broker would emerge.