Products & Services enable us to track each 'phase' of the rehab.

Hi Shawn-Congratulations on starting out on your real estate investing career.You have a question about whether it is good to have your real estate license or not as an investor and you are leaning toward multifamily investing.I personally think having your real estate license is helpful as an investor.Having your real estate license allows you to work with other investors to help them build their portfolios which helps expand your network while being productive, you can research market value more effectively, find out about deals before they are listed, and of course it allows you to collect the commission on purchasing any listed property.To Your Success!

He teaches people to build small, but productive, portfolios.

I like the product but their policies drowning them down in competition.

They may have economy of scale but the consistency of delivered product is not always there. 

The Left must resist the urge to “help” with short-sighted, counter-productive policies like rent control.

Quote from @James Wise: The term "cross selling" is used when you sell related products.

If you have a finished product, they won't move in for 60 days but your lender requires signed lease and/or move-in for refi...this will delay your refi.

If it's a matter of a quarter point but the more expensive debt is with a bank that offers better other terms like amortization and LTV, and they have a rock star loan officer, I'd go with the slightly higher interest rate product.2.)

The products they sell are almost always counterfeits or not as described and the land they sell/finance are worthless.