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Alright, Brian, this is the next question.

This is from a financial princess, a friend of the show.

I've been using turbo tax for years, and my spouse and I are now at a point where you're

ready to hire a tax professional as our financial situation is becoming more complex.

Where do you recommend to find a good CPA and what questions should I ask?

The where's the harder one?

What questions are as interesting?

I would love to hear you speak a little bit though, Brian, to maybe some appropriate expectations

to have when going from being a do-it-yourselfer to hiring a tax professional.

Because I don't know how much turbo tax costs these days, right?

40 bucks for you.

It's pretty inexpensive.

I think it might be free if you're in some aspects.

And so I'm amazed when people, they talk about going to the pair, they're just not prepared

for the change that is there.

You want to talk a little about that transition and you can take this anywhere you want.

When it makes sense, what question to ask, whatever kind of strikes you.

But I'm just so amazed by a lot of times there's this sort of shock when you go from a

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