National or multi state brokers are fine for vanilla cookie-cutter deals, but not always for specific local projects like you are taking on.

About two days later, my nationally-recognized bank credited my checking acct with the significant amount of money I had given to tlwb.

Some lenders can do foreign nationals, but most are able to lend to green cards and most visa-type holders.

Purchase the crammer course through hondros or whichever school you took your classes through, it's helpful in narrowing down the information for both state and national

If you search for the National REIA, they will list Local REIAs

I recently separated from the National Guard after 6 years of service.

I always recommend to use local companies that provide the data or do It manually when you get startedThen, after you close your first deal, use other sources like national software companies to test it and see what works better.

National parks and beaches are never a bad thing 

Also, if you hope to attract a national fast food chain, most retail developers will get a committment from them, or at least some type of LOI, up front to make sure that the chains would even be willing to have a store at that location, and what specs they would want/need for the building and how much rent they could pay, etc.

As far as US commissions compared to other nations (which ones?)