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!

(or, again, maybe we're missing something - let us know.)take this thread as an example.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/927/topics/1224249-my-e...that poster shelled out probably 80-85K in cash to be.... negative each month on what seems like a pretty solid property. 

I also have a lender that has a loan product that will allow you to put $0 down on a home with an ADU that would add another rentable space to get income from.

Most productive leasing platforms?

I personally think sevier county is one of the best areas in the country to invest in both now (if you pick the right product) and especially long term.

While R/E investing is about the same nationally the laws are different in each and every state.

But the Jet production got delayed with the GFC and we got knocked on our A$$ and as mentioned had to start all over.

Liquidity: If this is your first or second property, prioritizing liquidity (by cashing out now) might allow you to seize unexpected opportunities, especially if you’re actively prospecting deals.Since you don’t have a deal lined up yet, you might explore options to minimize the gap, like prequalifying potential deals or using short-term financing strategies to bridge the 4 months.Good luck growing your portfolio!

no argument from me.. but I think they do that to legitimize the company/loan product.

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