You should be in touch with Linda Gerchick, excellent broker in the area.

That's what Mortgage Brokers do, we find your best terms.

Also, quite frankly, I don't really know what I want to do for a living and have been exploring some real estate related career paths (Loan Officer and Broker mainly but my eyes are WIDE open).

Hey Any recommendations for a broker to help me purchase a multi family through FHA/203k that I can house hack?

You could also choose to use some funds to get brokers/realtors to kick you leads.. who wouldn't love some extra bucks for passing along infoIf you're looking to sell properties I'd have to say facebook works wonders for targeting people in a specific geographic area and I've had some real success with it for my business.

I currently am a stay at home mom so my husband can focus on establishing his career as a real estate broker.

Moment number one – after receiving my real estate license and feeling I was spinning my wheels, my employing broker used two comparisons for me.

I have worked in real estate briefly as an assistant to brokers so I am familiar with the personal purchase and selling of homes.

Sounds like your doing the work of a mortgage broker so you'll save on the fee... good call!

While I have some sensibilities already in place from managing a property I won, I’ve been reading a ton about REI, reading many of the posts here and listing to the podcasts, honing my big picture understanding of the industry.Some “rule of thumb” figures keep coming up. “2% rent to value”, “15-20% cap rate” … I’ve been scouring the field nationally (calling brokers, meeting with agents, looking on MLS) and these figures seem close to sci-fi.