Relationships with licensed trades may be limited due to a lack of experience, and familiarity with things like permitting, property management, and short-term occupancy taxes could be a hinderance.

Good luck @Kendall Kelly we are also going to pursue doing arbitrage the transparent way, no lies to landlords and doing our homework on the zone property is in and part 2 what HOA laws if any might hinder the targeted property even before we reach out to landlord with negotiations.

So my Wife and I have been throwing the idea around of selling our house and buying this 30 acres of farmland that has no improvements on it and build a Wedding/Event Venue on it with a 250-300 person capacity barn style and a 3-5 acre pond with a 10,000 sq ft island to do outdoor weddings on. 7 Acres of road frontage is currently zoned B1 for Business the rest is residential agriculture if i recall correctly none of it hinders us from doing what we are looking to do from what the county has said. 1 option was to build a home as well on it the and and do the barn to do weddings and the 2nd option was to just build the event venue and no home.

If I pay a buyers agent fee and sellers agent fee (to me) I can LEGALLY collect a succuss fee of selling my property in a 1031 and roll over the funds into the next investment.Has anyone done this before and did it work out for your investment plan or hinder your growth.

Will this requirement hinder you’re long term goals?

I have some cognitive impairments due to a tumor that are really hindering me at every turn.

First, thanks to Lowry above for verifying what most of us suspected...It sounds like your *former* loan officer probably isn't happy about being a "former" loan officer, and was attempting to hinder your progress...either that, or he's just woefully misinformed...

I completely understand the value and ease that a good agent brings to the table, but at the same time, leaving that money behind will hinder my ability to move forward with scaling up into a down pmt. on a multi-family or portfolio purchase.

From my research, Property Ware or Rent Manager falls in this category as well, is very customizable but has an intensive start up learning curve that may hinder my progress.  

I understand the financial/time burdens of obtaining a license, but I feel as if reliance on a real estate agent to submit an offer and show me potential properties will really hinder my efforts.2.)