I am a newbie who just put in my second offer but have been  in active pursuit of deals to invest in, educating myself analyzing properties from an investor and renter view point as my objective is to buy and hold for rental income.

Because the second person is there so often and engaged in activities that use a lot of utilities, the Landlord is concerned about the potential for losing money.That's the issue we're all addressing and if you apply my gender-neutral explanation to any of our answers, you'll see we are addressing the problem and you're the one making this about gender.

@Dovi ZagelbaumDifferent people have different definitions for these two terms.My definition is that a syndication involves and active partner, and inactive or passive partner(s).

In my experience, it is difficult to passively invest in active real estate - i.e. owning the properties fully yourself and hiring a property manager. 

If you have such commanding capacity of building practices in acting as own GC, why don't you simply have a GC license? 

Inaction is not a solution, it is a risk.

I'm working full time at a property management company to save money and have a limited amount of time, so I'm deciding on either activating my inactive RE license (hopefully for a brokerage with agents that invest in RE themselves) or starting a pressure washing business, because I don't think I'll have time for both.

I spent an entire year trying to BRRRR a rental and I couldn't recreate the returns I was getting while putting significant work in. Active

As of yet, in general, institutional investor acquisitions is such a small % of market share in activity it's a nothing-burger of impact.

Under Section 43-40-8(c) of the Georgia Code, a person can be a licensed Broker if they “(1) have attained the age of 21 years; (2) are a resident of the state of Georgia; (3) are a high school graduate or the holder of an equivalency; and have complied fully with the requirements of subsection (b) of Code Section 43-40-15 regarding any criminal convictions; (4) have maintained a license in active status for at least three of the five years immediately preceding the filing of an application to become a broker; (5) furnish evidence of completion of 60 instructional hours in a broker’s course of study approved by the commission; and (6) stand and pass a real estate examination administered by or approved by the commission covering generally the matters confronting real estate brokers after completing the requirements of paragraph (5) of this subsection and after maintaining a license in active status for at least three of the five years immediately preceding such examination.”[12]#6: What is the intended purpose of the Georgia laws regarding Brokers?