There is nothing a CPA can do that an EA can't except for provide you audited financial statements (the person preparing them cannot audit them anyway).  

There are numerous areas around downtown zoned RM which allows for more than one unrelated person.

Write it up as a personal letter.When you do all that, then contact a local RE Agent to give you a list of all the houses in that neighborhood that have sold in the last 5 years with all cash.

Yes this is time consuming but you want to become efficient with it. 

What is your stand point with investing at C or lower class areas for such an investor profile and per your personal experience doing so? 

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I left and told our client to find another person to do business with and I told the seller's daughter to hire a realtor.

I'm very much a newb to real estate; both personally and as an investor.

It is a bit easier to define and work on a niche in residential properties.I personally wouldn't focus on the speed of acquiring the money,  and place more of the focus on the consistancy of earning money.

Personally, I would not choose this option.