It makes sense for more affordable housing for owner occupants.

Hi Shawn-Congratulations on starting out on your real estate investing career.You have a question about whether it is good to have your real estate license or not as an investor and you are leaning toward multifamily investing.I personally think having your real estate license is helpful as an investor.Having your real estate license allows you to work with other investors to help them build their portfolios which helps expand your network while being productive, you can research market value more effectively, find out about deals before they are listed, and of course it allows you to collect the commission on purchasing any listed property.To Your Success!

Once you decide which type of exchange you want to do, you could then narrow down your product / company. 

There is a place and time that it makes sense, but as long as you get any cashflow that first year, father's time will likely help you out after that as long as you have a quality product. 

For those who are unfamiliar, PadSplit is an affordable housing tech startup that provides a house-sharing service for working people.

There are lenders around the country offering those products.

This can help you greatly with the additional depreciation.Ultimately, med to large MF and small 2-4s are totally different products. 

You want to put everything in writing and be very clear about expectations and responsibilities.You also need to verify the remaining tenant can afford the rent.

As someone who deals and talks to real Private Lenders (small shops run by a guy who lends his own capital and doesn't use big box), they have a hard and fast business model that produces the rate of return they need to remain profitable and curb the risk on their cash.So the best product for a budding fix and flip investor is the bridge loan which includes acquisition money and construction money. 

The products they sell are almost always counterfeits or not as described and the land they sell/finance are worthless.