Tax return cost: CPA vs Turbo Tax

[Jason Sung]

Hi, 

I have a W2 job (my wife stays home and I have two kids) and owns a few SFH as rental. I did tax return last year (including buying two SFH houses, selling one house) through a CPA and he charged me ~$1000. Is this amount normal?

It seems TurboTax® Premier is for RE investors to file tax by themselves. Is this a good option, instead of relying on a CPA? 

[John Underwood]

How much money might you lose by not using a CPA over doing it yourself with TurboTax?

Answer: more than the cost of TurboTax.