As a lender and investor I want to acknowledge that their officially 2 sets of books for any business or property.  

I get that it probably isn't worth it to get the license if you are just trying to save the 3% in fees but I feel like if I'm willing to put in time on my own to learn more about RE and already be studying it as a hobbie, I might as well make it official and get the license.

Boat officially burned!

It's often said here, but bears repeating: by the time the Fed officially announces a rate hike, that rate hike is old news and of no further consequence to financial market movement.

My official W2 job is being on call at a medical clinic to do pre-employment drug screens for contractors starting work at a very big (13 billion $ annual revenue) local industry. 

the question is are your 7 investments actual debt instruments recorded against each property.. which if they are they are probably fractionalized interests in each property via multi beneficiary which would give you some standing.. or if your just part of a pool that has 100% of the beneficial interest then like a note fund then you have a much tougher time .. with a fractionlized interest your interest would have to be dealt with to clear the mortgage recorded against it .. unless you gave someone power of attorney to sign for you.Thanks Jay, while your question is a good one, the immediate issue is that there has been no official disclosure or transparency about the status of each loan.

This is my official 1st post!

if the property is in an official urban reneewal or urban redevelopment area, it does not matter what type of property or what kind of improvements--it can be new construction even--a redeeming party will have to pay you the increased value due to the improvements plus insurance plus interest.While you have possession and before the property is redeemed, if it is redeemed at all, you can occupy the property or rent it out.

I just got my lender to officially pre approve me yesterday (6 days after my offer was accepted) for this purchase.

I don't know of any official groups but I've met a few people just off the forums, at the end of the day though it's going to be your support systems that will be doing the heavy lifting with regards to market knowledge, laws and structuring, that's what you're paying them for right?