I'd read up on the city's overall process and decided whether you're on board for their side of things. 

But it's gotten progressively worse, now the only time he's passed on any rent to us is when we've threatened to report him to the Board of Realtors.

It all stems from an angry neighbor filing a complaint to city and calling the home a boarding house.  

Alternatively i could go for being a real estate broker and try to get experience in actual real estate without putting too much of my own skin in the game.

I'm still on board with them for the new projects, and in fact just had a zoom call with the founder a few weeks ago, going over the current status & plans for Belize.

There are a ton of qualified broker and lenders out there that can offer this product but be sure to receive the proper education when iyb comes to structuring the deal correctly.

Interest rates and points are not the only criteria upon which to base a decision; length of loan, amortization and if you can get it “loan assumability” especially with no qualifying and no rate escalation could e much more important. 

@Diane Perry is right, it's a cumbersome statute but the first thing you must do is have a qualified intermediary in place before your sale. 

I do not invest in things that have HOAs or other controlling boards.

I get it, but it is state law, not local law, and they are just now enforcing it across the board as they are required by law to do and they are not picking on people.