I have aggressively been looking at houses since February of 2023 actually touring the houses talking to real estate agents, putting offers, researching financing,working with loan officers and so on. 

Quote from @Vishal Chandan: I am about 25 days from closing on my first investment property and the mortgage loan officer wants me to keep my credit unfrozen (from all 3 credit bureaus) till the day of closing.

I just started my direct mail campaign and it took a whole Sunday (3:30-9PM) to do 200 letters and this was about as automatic as the average Joe could get:Printed Yellow letters using Officejet printer (Paper from Amazon)Printed envelopes using the same printer (Envelopes from Dollar Store)Bought 400 forever stamps from the Post Office to create the "genuine" effectStill, folding and stuffing papers was an extremely underestimated variable.

Assuming I will be doing more than 3 closures per year, should I just go ahead and hire a licensed/bonded loan officer to do my loan originations as RMLO?

A couple million dollar apartment building, office space, etc...

Fed's can talk all they want about "creating" however millions of homes, it changes nothing unless Harry Potter comes into office and shezams them into existence. 

If you are close then just go to office and pickup the check.

The best way to do this is develop a great working relationship with a real estate agent or escrow officer and they will provide you with reports for free. 

both myself and my office manager are licensed agents

I also see a highly intelligent community of people building solutions and working towards Adoption.