Look for someone who not only files returns but also understands strategies like depreciation, cost segregation, and structuring entities to protect you as you grow.

🙌You’re totally right — tools like Qualtrics/SurveyMonkey and SEMrush/SpyFu are powerful, but I’ve mostly seen them used for marketing/consumer research rather than for real estate investing decisions.That’s what I keep bumping into: plenty of great general platforms, but nothing that brings together real estate–specific data points like:• Voucher demand or housing authority activity (for S8)• Days on market for rentals in a micro-neighborhood• Vacancy + “desirability” indicators (crime/schools)Out of curiosity — if there were a tool that gave you that kind of “plug in an address → get all the market intelligence” insight in one place, what data would be the most valuable for you personally?

I liked it because it had a nice cushion layer on the bottom, was thick, and flexible.

If you get so large that you need to invest in technology, you'll likely need to get a sub-servicer anyway to do it for you and keep you compliant. 

I like that idea actually.

That may apply to personal deductions (like mortgage interest), but rental expenses (repairs, depreciation, etc.) are taken on Schedule E and are not affected by whether you itemize or take the standard deduction.

Alternatively, its poorly drafted operating agreements or over complexed entity structures that may be more commonplace in complexed transactions but not for simpler loan requests like single family homes or smaller multi-family properties.

Like I flip houses.

Sounds like you've lived there several years,, might be time to buy another primary and move.

Quote from @Collin Hays: I'm old school and like a real wood-burning fire.