In my area it's a mix of boutique local commercial shops and the big national players. 

We are working with a branch of a national lender, but have 2 spots open in our pilot program for other RE professionals. 

Your open dates are late August, and many hosts across the nation see slow bookings when school starts.

Hi Ran,I would probably ask around locally for a PM to see if they have backoffice services that they offer, other than that, there are a lot of accounting type of services available with third party vendors through the national association of residential property managers.

I'll most likely be working with an agent who specializes in mixed use properties and works for a national firm.

These 3 metros have prices cheaper than the national average, healthy rent-to-price ratios, and growing economies--solid market fundamentals. 

Still close by but much more friendly tenant/landlord laws, property taxes are 4th lowest in the Nation, strong appreciation, job growth, population growth, etc. 

I see this most often, when people go shopping on the national websites chasing rates. 

Lots of great in state options and national wholesale lenders as well.

I read online that apparently for WA state there's a state and national broker exam.