That is a question you may need an answer for if interviewed by SEC.The SEC lawyers I know of generally say that raising $ for others requires a license, unless, you can find an exception to fit under.

It does not matter if they have house-hacked or not.Milwaukee has more duplxes than any other city in the US (including our friends in Chicago) and by default we sell a lot of dupxes, so I could probably write a book about house hacking, but the best advice I can give you is stop looking at listings and start interviewing agents.

Try interviewing at least three managers.1.

That's another opportunity "interview" them or answer questions.

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I'm looking to build a single-family house in Miami and interviewing architects. 

I was interviewing someone today for a marketing position and she is working for a company that were two IT professionals who sold a business, started a multifamily fund that is not doing well so now they are starting a ground up development fund for single family homes and another fund in commercial real estate.

Try interviewing at least three managers.1.

Try interviewing at least three managers.1.

Quote from @Bob Stevens: Quote from @Nadeem Alamgir: Try interviewing some investor-friendly agents who specialize in sourcing off-market deals.