I completely understand if I should get professional help in my first year. That's why I had the added questions of whether TurboTax's Live Help feature would be sufficient, or alternatively, could I just pay to have TurboTax do it the first year
This is just me. But if I were in that situation I'd want to pay a local tax professional that has a few years of experience with federal and state issues for my particular state. I also want someone with the "heart of a teacher" that's willing to educate me on my specific and explicit setup and situation. On top of that, I want it to be a human that I can physically see, talk to and shake their hand. That way, if there's any issues, "I know where you live".
