@Mike H I was under the impression that a Broker would shop around for you and use his connections to find a local bank with good rates willing to do a commercial loan for your properties.

People shop for  vacation rentals so you need to respond regularly.  

It's a modest duplex with projected positive cash-flow.We'd like to shop for a CPA but not too sure what to look for other than whether they have Real Estate experience and if we can find any customer reviews on them.  

I'm sure this is a small, affordable, community that you can setup shop in.Financing - I prefer to buy with cash at well below market and then get it rent ready.  

I would recommend going to these and hooking up with some investment shops to intern with over the summer..They will have plenty of stuff for you to do and you will get hands on experience.Cheers,Wm

Definitely worth getting in touch with him to talk shop.

I just got a conventional loan for 4.125%.Gather your personal, financial and property information and start shopping around.

You say you shopped around at BP first but ultimately did the deal yourself.  

I've been working with realtors all over the country, and normally it is a fairly straightforward deal - an introductory email followed by a phone call and then off we go property shopping.

If I were you, I would shop around just make sure they either own rental property, or have a lots of experience with rental property.