Insurance is going to protect you financially from lawsuits, damages, total losses, and other scenarios we can't even begin to imagine until it actually happens.You'll want to have a broker you can work with and trust that will make sure you're properly protected in the event of a loss.

I'm an investor and mortgage broker and have DSCR options for first-time investors with as little as 15% down.

However if you are getting the buyer yourself and need an agent to draft paperwork and work as a "transaction broker" - I charge 1% or $3000, whichever is greater. 

I have not, but as a licensed broker I would recommend listing on MLS which will post it to Zillow, Realtor.com etc. 

from the little I know and its only because i have brokered 50  100 unit apartments the buyers are quite sophisticated and have a lot of cash and have their lenders lined up.. 

I use brokers but they've been a bit of a disappointment lately.

Its worth having your brokers license if you want to make money helping other people buy and sell.

I have NEVER seen a pro forma statement put together by a seller or broker that 1.

Furthermore, if you are working on refinancing sixth and investment properties at once, I would put all my focus and energy on working with one lender or one broker who can get you the best terms for cheaper cost all your business to one place typically when I see folks do they save a bit on processing these and origination fees.

In most cases due to the transaction sizes, there's very little margin for these 3rd party vendors (particularly brokers, property managers and contractors).