When I was not the lender, I could.You can also facilitate repairs with another buyer, set the entire deal up with an owner and buyer like a sandwich deal and make repairs with construction management oversight.

Most states (perhaps all, but I have not checked them all) have exemptions that if a licensed mortgage broker (or licensed attorney) facilitates the transaction, then usury does not apply.

To avoid that, you must have a broker's license or have a broker facilitate the transaction.

Our attorney uses the tax and legal benefits of the 501c3 to facilitate the transaction.

Has anyone ever thought of getting a Real Estate License to facilitate their buying?

You CAN help facilitate the process, but you have to be on good terms with the other two parties, understand and compromise on the goals of the other parties, and ask what you can do, then follow through 100%.Banks are notoriously slow and ineffective when it comes to making this process comfortable for the other two parties.

Not true in all states, here, anyone who facilitates a transaction needs a license.

Keep in mind that in this scenario you are either "fixing and flipping" or "wholetailing" or "buy and holding" and that you require a cash investor "lender" to facilitate the means in which you are going to buy the property.To long; didn't read (TL;DR):YesSome resources:http://www.reiclub.com/articles/wholesaling-buyerhttp://www.reiclub.com/articles/wholesale-buyers-h...

Sometimes they may just have no where to go, so if you can facilitate that, it might be worth the lost rent, potential future damage, stress, etc.. 

We're in for a roller coaster ride, and dropping the fed fund rate will provide a temporary band-aid but will facilitate longer term problems, mainly inflation, that can only be fixed by raising rates back up and letting the recession run its course.