I always say trust but verify.

@Toby FellowsYou are correct, you need to ‘hang’ your license under a broker in order to practice real estate, and most brokerages require you to become a member of the National Association of Realtors as well.While you are preparing and taking your courses, contact several brokers and interview them to find out who might be a good fit.

the majority of even my national users are looking to keep cash in reserve and as such are looking to landlords to finance that TIA as additional rent at a return premium and then that extra rent bakes off in whatever term is negotiated. 

Take that for what it is.I like markets as an investor and business owner with median pricing close to or below the median average for the nation.  

This is a nation wide issue but just want to make sure you realize.

@John Bowens, I need to do this with my Equity Trust SDIRA.

I am on the board of CFRI, the local chapter of the National REIA.

We saved Settlement Statements from every closing and one of our former partners owned a national title company, so we had enough closing cost data to build a models for each state on the buy and sell side of the note buys.

Specialty is in foreign national financing so I'd be happy to provide insight and run some numbers for you once you've narrowed down your options.

Do you not trust your attorney for some reason?