I'm considering getting into private lending and recently spoke with a local company that facilitates investments.  

For those times you are working with an agent you can help facilitate the transaction by writing the offer for the agent to present for you or get documents otherwise agent specific.

RE Investor sources the investment (property), negotiates & facilitates deal, facilitates reno, and manages property thereafter.If the RE Investor receives 100% of the rental income, what equity split is most appropriate/fair?

Looking for a strong partner to facilitate the building of the project.

If you are looking to invest in Buy and Holds you should be able to get your PM company to facilitate the process of managing the contractor.  

However, it's starting to look like there may be some cost savings if I had my license, and it would allow me to facilitate my own transactions more easily when buying or selling a personal investment property.

You CANNOT touch the funds from the sale, they must go from escrow to an Accommodator who will facilitate the transaction.  

I didn’t use the banks they tried to connect me with but used them as the facilitator to execute the transaction.

Voepel Property Management (VPM) can manage your buy and hold portfolios and can also facilitate and manage the rehabilitation process.

I wish to evaluate Self-Directed IRA vendors and wanted to know if there is a comparison chart out there, that would facilitate a review?