I would suggest attending some zoom networking events to grow your network.If you are a newbie looking for a CPA, the CPA can provide guidance so long as you know what your plan is.If you don't currently have any real estate, I would first define your investment criteria so he/she can provide concrete advice.I often get calls from people who say "I want to invest in real estate" and while I can provide a response to that, it is better if the other person comes in more prepared.I wish you the best of luck.

There’s no defined edges, cracks where grass is growing through and gravel showing.

For a Fannie/Freddie type of loan (that's not the only loan type but that's the one with the best terms for a 2nd home) the rules are as follows for a 2nd home:You must occupy the property "part" of the year - now "part" is not defined.  

Key to your ability to deploy this strategy however will be to build your knowledge as an investor, starting with defining your goal(s).

It will help you define your goals and objectives, so you can identify the challenges you are facing and how people can help you solve them. 

The strategy and answer becomes clear when you work back from a well defined goal.

Do you have some support for your claim that you and I can't enter into a lease that defines "reasonable" in a different way than the statute? 

And, I suppose it depends on how you define the cap rate. 

They couldn't define the criteria for "95%".

You are going to want to clearly define what being wealthy means for you and create specific goals.