The fridge was DIRECTLY across from the stove.

Just make sure they specialize in tax and have significant experience dealing with real estate investors.There are very few who specialize in real estate AND Self Directed Retirement Accounts.Here is a great list of questions to ask a potential accountant: http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/7044...Also check out the www.NAEA.org page in your search.

With both of us debt free, we are starting our wealth accumulation/building phase of our life, and we know we need three things from previous research weve been doing, that is paper assets (jobs,401k,Roth IRA, Tax Accounts...), Business (have a few ideas of some businesses), and what brings us to this awesome place, REAL ESTATE. 

If anyone has some thoughts or suggestions on direction or maybe is reading something i'm overlooking please feel free to share.  

Any help, suggestion and or guidance would be appreciated.I am self-employed, and already work in the flooring industry.

Not sure if Canada has any equivalent to self-directed retirement accounts or not.

My favorite is using the Intuit Self Employed App because it automatically tracks miles as part of the monthly price and updates your expense tracking.  

Then I learned about using my IRA for real estate, went down that path, and now have 4 rental properties. 

Hi all,I have 8 rental properties and will be refinancing them and pulling out cash, but first want to refinance my primary residence in a nontraditional way because I'm transitioning from being a W-2 professor to a self-employed investor. 

Remember that the 3% that you are saving is calculated on the entire sale price but it comes out directly of your equity.