I think a MLO is a strategy more suited to a seasoned investor that is heavily capitalized, no?

Also, commercial buildings are more likely to be valued by the income they generate and not as heavily influenced by comparable sales.

When your new the commission splits will most likely be heavily favored to the broker.I still like the licence strategy buts its become more of a long game strategy It will take a few years to see the full benefit of it.  

After I had made the decision to start building my portfolio with out of state rentals, I researched heavily and now I'm here in Columbus.  

I am only going to do this 2nd job for 3 years and I know the first year is going to consist of getting out of the toxic debt so that leaves 2 years of either paying off rentals or investing heavily into ira and 401k...

I've been reading heavily on the subject of REI for the last 2-3 months and attended a 1 day multifamily seminar by Anthony Chara yesterday.

@Joel CustodioMy team & I are heavily involved in the Cleveland market.

Regarding the smell on their clothing (especially outerwear)- that will depend on how heavily they smoke. 

This has been a learning experience and so far my key takeaways are:I don’t want a second job as a property managerI don’t want to be a general contractorI'm a bad CPAI love it when other people do work for me.I currently reside in Santa Monica and would like to own in this area, but I’m heavily leaning towards outside markets for higher long term cash flow.

I've been heavily vetting a few investment groups or I guess you call them networks that deal with turnkey providers.