This a great place to get started. 

After more than 450 deals, everything just seems to fall in place, abundance of leads and lenders throwing money at me.I actually believe this is possible for a lot of people in our industry.

Is the house Cashin platform a good place to find closing companies.

new houses are getting sold for 600K, old houses switched to multiple offer selling model, just like some places in GTA.

As Jay mentioned they must be NMLS licensed if owner occupant of in several states even commercial needs licensing.The NMLS is like the database, each state has a division of banking that oversees lending requirements then you also on the federal level have CFPB as well as consumer protection laws.I want to add that I believe yesterday the CFPB is undergoing changes, but if it goes away that does not mean that many of the laws in place especially consumer protection laws would go away. 

Hiring an assistant will take place once you have 75 - 100 doors, maybe more.

Place a notification for those people as their articles are often posted not only on their publication site but on other news sites as well so you can keep up to date.

Knowing your current state comps is a great place to start and a real estate agent can help pull those figures quickly. 

My weekly podcast about investing in Memphis might be a good place to start and begin to familierize yourself.

The best way to find an agent with the skill sets you’re looking for is to ask for referrals from people you trust or on places like BP.