This may be a little late to your party but I am a local investor and currently have a project that lives in SE Portland in the up and coming Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood.

Wholesalers don't really eat their lunch per se, but they do nibble at it some... 

@Carlos KishekI am based out of the SE Michigan area and currently own a Duplex in Lake Orion that I've got listed on a couple of websites FSBO.

The average homeowner you're speaking with wouldn't know the difference between a real estate agent, real estate licensee, CAR realtor and even a real estate broker - they are one and the same thing to them.So I suppose if you are a licensed and acting agent, or also a member of CAR, or simply a non-acting licensee who's acting as a principle in your own transaction and you are never asked, you have the right to not volunteer that information and disclose per se.

  , we are fortunate to have many REIAs (real estate investor associations) in SE Mich. 

I am looking at multifamily deal in Washington DC (NE and SE) .

I do not invest in Vermont, so I have no skin-in-the-game per se, but I would point out, that what you're requesting will need two different types of loans. 

@Chris Lawson which specific cities in SE Michigan?

Not as interested in students per se, except perhaps graduate or professional students.  

I also called a local staffing company and they didn't have a handyperson per se, but only did trades (roofing, painting, etc), which would mean you would have to hire multiple people to accomplish a few simple tasks.