Would I be able to become a provisional broker now in New York, hang my license for two years so that I can become a broker, then transfer my license to North Carolina once I move?

Your brokers going to need to have a good financial incentive to hang your license with them.

The area seems to be really coming up, so I'd like to hang onto it.

When I was in the Upper West side of NY, guess what I saw hanging out of the windows of 5M$ condos? 

We're trying to decide whether to hang onto it, become landlords and use the equity to purchase our next place or just sell, take the profit and focus on purchasing another fixer-upper in an area we foresee appreciation.

The county I used to live in in Southern Maryland publishes all properties that have been reported for some type of issue (ex: overgrown grass, trash in the yard, hanging gutters, etc...). 

Show up high, late or hanging around sketchy people and you're gone.

Hang on until the morning.

If you hang out in the forums long enough you'll start to know who the bigger players in the space are.

As someone living in DC now, I can tell you there aren't many LEGAL multiunit properties.Third, the VA loan gives you more than enough rope to hang yourself.