NOTE: I am not in anyway affiliated with this company nor receive referrals for recommending them.   

For TMLS (Triangle area), try for example http://realestate.luxurymovers.com/search-city.php I have no affiliation with this site.

Would this allow the platform to receive commissions for successful capital raises without affiliating with a broker dealer?

So far the people I've worked with affiliated with the site have been pretty good.  

It’s a great way to run numbers and learn about the different calculations, especially when you’re on the go.I am not affiliated with the company that developed the app, I just think it’s a great resource and wanted to share.

They do have some on-line learning resources as I recall, also.Personally, I am affiliated with another REI education group and I am as BIG a proponent of "learn it before you try to do it" as anyone would be in any other field of endeavor, such as plumbing, carpentry, concrete, electrical work, culinary arts, tonsorial arts, etc.Here's how -I- measure the value of paid education: if paying whatever they're asking up front keeps you from losing 2- to 5-times or more that amount due to mistakes in a deal or structuring your business entities, was it worth it to get educated and prevent costly mistakes?...

They all offer real estate investment  education and counseling and have affiliates in several markets that they've "vetted" to provide turnkey properties with tenant and management in place. 

Realtor is a third party affiliation by NAR just like an MLS.

As I am reading the text book it states that I have to have my name and my affiliation with my brokers name on any advertising I do.

What got me interested in real estate was trying to think of what to do with the supplemental money I was making from a niche affiliate site that I created a year ago, that is making around $2500/mo in totally passive income.