Before you jump into some type of mentorship (that they usually want you to pay for), I would start doing some meetups in your area with local real estate investors. 

I have been investing in Columbus since 2017, and I have a diverse portfolio that includes residential, warehouse, retail, and office rentals.

Residential subdivisions, while potentially less complex, can be hit-or-miss depending on local housing trends and the cost of infrastructure development. 

Instead of throwing your deal out to a bunch of strangers on the internet, I recommend you do your research to find a local expert with 20+ ACTIVE years in real estate in your market.

Find someone local or who specializes in working with investors.

However, most of my tenants are locals who have lived here their whole lives.

This is typically the slowest time of year for tenant placement, at least in our local market.

You’ll want to check if your specific work falls under their home improvement contractor licensing, or if there are additional local permits required depending on the county.

I'm looking to pickup some multifamily real estate but the barrier to entry is crazy in my local market.

Now when your agent actually does the release then they send it to the listing agent and its is the listing agents responsibility to forward that doc to the sellers we do this all the time via docu sign or hello sign or whatever on line document system the local MLS uses.. somehow you seem to have this backwards..