When selling a primary residence property, capital gains from the sale can be deducted from the seller's owed taxes if the seller has lived in the property themselves for at least 2 of the previous 5 years leading up to the sale.

He claims to be a lawyer who specializes in real estate and business, his content is good and I am looking for someone to help me set up a structure for my property management business and the couple investments I own so i can save up on taxes.

This means you can enjoy the perks of lower taxes while potentially matching the revenue of an Atlanta MTR. 

I'm getting the application process started with our city to obtain a license to do short-term rentals.With this being - said we're thinking that it might be time to get an accountant to support us during tax season as we enter this new venture. 

Basic leverage methods would be to Sale and pay taxes, Sale and do a 1031, or collateralize this asset to buy another asset. 

25% down but may pay cash, weighing out tax benefits if I finance How did you add value to the deal?

There are some great software tools out there for organizing flip income, expenses, and important tax / financial info. but I wouldn't recommend Quickbooks (and I'm not alone in this as a CPA).

(I ran some numbers and it seemed like I would make less working with them) I'm not even sure how I would calculate the tax benefits.Is this a common situation, if so what are typical terms?

Investor Risks 258k plus 10% for tax insurance debt utls etc. and the other 10% is sales costs and ( in todays market) seller assist closing costs or interst rate buy down.

Lastly on Agents the other biggee is most come from W 2 as their past income source so tax's were always taken out..