The Investor’s
Pros Directory
31 real specialists across the disciplines serious investors end up hiring — tax, legal, insurance, 1031, cost seg, lending, data. National firms only.
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Tax & Accounting
The CPAs who actually understand real estate
General-practitioner CPAs miss depreciation, cost-seg timing, REPS qualification, and the STR loophole. These firms specialize.
The Real Estate CPA
Hall CPA PLLC — Brandon Hall
Tax planning, prep, and strategy for investors, syndicators, and developers. Also runs the Tax Smart Real Estate Investors podcast.
Coverage · National
Keystone CPA
Amanda Han & Matthew MacFarland
BiggerPockets-affiliated CPAs. Authors of two NAR-bestselling tax books specifically for real estate investors.
Coverage · National
Anderson Business Advisors
Clint Coons
Integrated tax + entity structuring for real estate investors. Best known for the Anderson 360 asset-protection + tax approach.
Coverage · National (Tacoma HQ)
Asset Protection & Entity Structuring
Attorneys who build the entity stack
Wyoming holdings, series LLCs, land trusts, DAPTs, charging-order states — these are the firms that actually wire the structure correctly.
Royal Legal Solutions
Scott Smith
Series LLC and Bulletproof Trust specialists. Heavy focus on investor-specific protection layering, not generic estate planning.
Coverage · National (Austin HQ)
Anderson Business Advisors
Clint Coons
Same firm listed under tax — cross-disciplinary practice. The 360 plan combines entity architecture with tax strategy.
Coverage · National (Tacoma HQ)
Kaiser Law Firm
Andrew D. Kaiser & Philip A. Kaiser (LLM Taxation)
35+ years structuring real estate holdings. Tax-LLM attorneys — useful where entity structuring overlaps with tax elections.
Coverage · National
Syndication & Securities Counsel
Reg D 506(b) / 506(c) sponsors need these on speed-dial
PPM drafting, Form D filings, blue-sky notices, Rule 506(c) accredited-investor verification — syndication work is securities work, not real estate work.
Syndication Attorneys PLLC
Kim Lisa Taylor
Boutique firm serving sponsors nationwide on Reg D 506(b)/506(c), Reg A+, and Reg CF offerings. Strong educational programming.
Coverage · National
Moschetti Law Group
Tilden Moschetti
Flat-fee Reg D syndication offerings. Good fit for first-time sponsors raising under $5M.
Coverage · National
Geraci Law Firm
Shams Merchant + team
Expert-level syndication practice — also the largest non-bank private-lender legal shop in the country, so cross-disciplinary for fund sponsors.
Coverage · All 50 states
1031 Qualified Intermediaries
The QI you pick holds your exchange proceeds in trust
45-day / 180-day clock, identification rules, reverse and improvement exchanges. National QIs with fidelity bonds and institutional backing only.
IPX1031
Investment Property Exchange Services — Fidelity National
The nation's largest QI. Subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial. Institutional-grade segregated accounts and fidelity coverage.
Coverage · All 50 states
Asset Preservation, Inc. (API)
API Exchange
Over 200,000 exchanges facilitated since 1990. Strong online resources and investor education.
Coverage · Nationwide
First American Exchange Company
First American Financial (NYSE: FAF)
Part of the First American title insurance family. Institutional trust and strong reverse-exchange capability.
Coverage · Nationwide
Exeter 1031 Exchange Services
Exeter
Known for complex and reverse exchanges. Good choice for sophisticated structures beyond a straight forward swap.
Coverage · All 50 states
Landlord & Investor Insurance
Specialty markets for the policies a Geico agent can't write
DP-3 landlord, vacant-while-rehabbing, builder's risk, short-term rental commercial, and umbrella over it all. Generalist agents struggle here.
NREIG
National Real Estate Insurance Group
Single program covering occupied rentals, vacants, renovations, and REO. Investor-designed policy language.
Coverage · All 50 states
Steadily
Steadily
Landlord and STR-focused carrier with a modern quote-in-minutes workflow. Good for portfolio-scale buyers.
Coverage · All 50 states
Obie
Obie Risk
Tech-forward landlord insurance broker. Strong for multifamily and portfolio policies with single certificate issuance.
Coverage · All 50 states
Proper Insurance
Proper
The go-to short-term-rental commercial policy. Covers Airbnb/VRBO operations where a standard HO-3 quietly excludes.
Coverage · All 50 states
Cost Segregation Engineering
IRS-recognized engineering studies to accelerate depreciation
The difference between a $50k real-estate tax bill and a $5k one often comes down to whether you ran cost seg in year one. These firms do it to IRS engineering standards.
CSSI
Cost Segregation Services, Inc.
50,000+ studies since 2000. Engineering-based approach to residential and commercial portfolios of all sizes.
Coverage · Nationwide
KBKG
KBKG Tax Credits and Incentives
Top-tier firm with the highest concentration of ASCSP-certified specialists. Covers cost seg plus R&D credits and 179D.
Coverage · Nationwide (multi-office)
Engineered Tax Services (ETS)
ETS
Licensed engineering firm with site inspection capability. Strong on mid-market commercial studies.
Coverage · Nationwide
Private & Hard Money Lenders
The short-term capital behind flips, bridges, and BRRRR
9–15% interest, 1–3 points, 12-month terms. These are the national operators who actually close on schedule.
Kiavi
Kiavi (formerly LendingHome)
#1 fix-and-flip lender by volume. Competitive rates, fast close, and an institutional-grade underwriting platform.
Coverage · 32+ states
Lima One Capital
Lima One Capital
Full product suite: fix-and-flip, new construction, multifamily bridge. Strong for operators scaling past the first few deals.
Coverage · Nationwide
RCN Capital
RCN Capital
Direct lender, not a broker. Fix-and-flip, rental, multifamily, small-balance commercial — and they actually answer the phone.
Coverage · Nationwide
Anchor Loans
Anchor Loans
One of the oldest private fix-and-flip lenders. Backed by Pretium. Strong for experienced operators.
Coverage · Nationwide
DSCR / Long-Term Rental Lenders
Refinance exits for BRRRR and long-hold rentals
Debt Service Coverage Ratio loans qualify the property, not the borrower — no tax returns, no DTI, just the rent-to-PITI coverage. Essential for portfolio scaling.
LendingOne
LendingOne
Broad product mix including DSCR, portfolio loans, and bridge. Known for 30-year fixed rental product with institutional pricing.
Coverage · Nationwide
Visio Lending
Visio
Pioneer of the long-term DSCR rental loan product. Strong for portfolio-building buyers.
Coverage · All 50 states
Easy Street Capital
Easy Street Capital
Aggressive BRRRR-friendly cash-out refis. Good option for value-add investors finishing rehab and recycling capital.
Coverage · Nationwide
Data & Lead Generation Tools
The SaaS platforms investors use for off-market deal flow
Absentee, pre-foreclosure, vacancy, probate, tax-delinquent — these tools source the lists and skip-trace the owners.
PropStream
PropStream
The flagship all-in-one. Property data, comps, skip trace, direct mail. Most commonly cited by operators under 100 deals/year.
Coverage · Nationwide
BatchLeads
BatchLeads / BatchSkipTracing
List-stacking specialist. Strong skip-trace rates and CRM-integrated dialers. Favored by wholesalers.
Coverage · Nationwide
DealMachine
DealMachine
Driving-for-dollars mobile app. Snap a property, pull owner + mail merge in seconds.
Coverage · Nationwide
REsimpli
REsimpli
All-in-one CRM + list-building + SMS + direct mail. Strongest at higher operational volumes where multi-tool stitching breaks down.
Coverage · Nationwide
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