Tampa Market -New Investor working full time - few questions

[Kera Covani]

Hello BP community. My name is Kera and I have one rental property looking to expand and grow within the South Tampa market. I currently work full time as a nurse with the goal of partnering with my husband as a REI's full time. We are interested in single family homes but would love to expand that to multi-families as well (although there aren't many in my market). We are working on financing for a second home now and hope for at least 5 more properties over the next 4-5 years (if not more).

A few questions: 

Would you recommend a business license to get started? We are thinking of forming an LLC after we acquire more properties but it just didn't seem necessary at this time? Do I need to form a business to have a business name, website, etc?

Any recommendation for Real Estate Attorneys in the area?

Is it beneficial to have a real estate license for multiple buy and hold properties or are there other avenues to access the MLS first hand and reduce commission costs?

Has a Tampa BP group been formed and offer any regular gatherings for networking opportunities?

I look forward to networking and hopefully partnering with the BP community!