Three sponsors (of 17 Council members).

If you can find a good co-sponsor to assist you with this it's the best way to learn.  

Once you pass you'll be hired the day of by a Sponsored Broker and have all the MLS access you want.

Are you familiar how strict the sponsor requirements are, specifically borrow must have net worth exceeding loan amount. 

You would be the syndicator/sponsor so you would be bringing on investors not other syndicators. 

A sponsor on a deal might look at things differently then the passive investor.

Hi Percy thanks for the response,My target deal size will be $1-5M multifamily properties.I will be the sponsor, and there will be one equity investor.I will be the active participant.The investor would want decision rights regarding refinances and dispositions.We'd generally be looking for a loan for 60-75% LTV via bank or Freddie Mac SBL. 

“The last thing we want during a public health crisis is people being forced out of their homes and onto the street,” Senator Brown said in a tweet.Titled “Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act,” the proposal pairs with a bill in the House of Representatives, which Representatives Maxine Waters (D-CA) and Denny Heck (D-WA) are sponsoring.

So far, the only turn off on all of this has been the requirement of a sponsored broker.

Hey Rand,Great questions.In NY, your license cannot be issued unless you have a broker to sponsor your license.