I just passed my real estate exam, and now it's time to find a broker to hang my license with.

Make sure that the corresponding lender or broker you are working with has a loan servicing company that is non-reporting.

You could pay a broker to do a Broker Price Opinion, but that may not help you much. 

I'm really interested in see how the "Local Agent in Charge" plays out and if they really do go after agents / brokers if the property owners do not comply. 

I live in FL and dating one of the biggest brokers in S Fl, she agrees as well.

Commercial brokers are not the same as (most, not all) residential brokers.

HI @Jyotin GautamShort answer is no in Texas Long answer according to the Texas Real Estate Commission " Under the amended rule, a broker could give an unlicensed person a gift of merchandise having a value of no more than $50 and this would not subject the unlicensed recipient to a charge of unauthorized practice as a broker, nor result in a violation of TREC rules by the broker giving the nominal gift."

@Robert Ellis two people asked you for reference names of such lenders, if you are brokering then just say they can DM you. 

I'm not an attorney, so take my advice with a grain of salt: a broker who works with investors of all walks of life, big and small, I've noticed most form an LLC once they have two properties or more.Many will form one if they just have one, but if you're talking about house hacking, keep in mind, conventional lenders don't allow entity closings and they are the only lenders that'll allow you to live on the property.DSCR/hard money lenders allow you to close in an entity, but you can't live on the property.

Who is your primary customer, what is your RevPAR, what financing terms are you looking at, who is running the daily operations, are you looking to get under a major flag, i.e.