It's really important that you work with an experienced loan officer or broker, especially on a time sensitive purchase transaction.

I'm a broker and property manager here in Sacramento, I manage about 100 investment properties, multifamily LTR and STR. 

I'll only add when talking to brokers have a "buy box" defined and research commercial deals to understand it as best you can before you have your first meeting or your broker contact will likely consider you to be a low-chance buyer and not take you seriously.

I’m a broker based in Charlotte, NC, and I work with Compass to support investors in maximizing their growth strategies.

I jumped at this opportunity buy getting my license, signing up with her broker, only to discover all she wanted was the sign on bonus from me joining that office.

Do they have solid banking relationships and broker relationships to lease out the units. 

At that point, you may have to come out of pocket broker commissions unless you sell it FSBO (which is always an option if you have the time to dedicate to it).

Add 2 points and a processing fee for the broker an underwriting fee for the lender and various and sundry closing costs and you're golden.

We've not brokered anything through them in a very long time...not to say we wouldn't, but we formed closer capital partner relationships over time.

If the answer is no, that means they are a broker of some type.