of them had some kind of issue (some completely minor where they almost didn't want to mention it to what I would consider catastrophic) yet 100% of them would recommend us to friends and family just based on our communication and customer service.  

Have not had a 'issue' selling in the past five years..I would say the additional development cost of an extra bedroom/bathroom are probably well worth it in the long run..Good luck. 

Have some quotes going the DSCR route however fees and rates seem on the higher end, we have 790 credit score, good W2 jobs so documentation is not a problem and we don’t have an issue putting them in our personal names, but have had the MFRs for less than a year and operate out of MD.

Does not have to be local, since these are mostly general issues, not State (I've used advisors in other states but for other issues). 

As a bit of fore sight, My business partner and I plan to scale the business to have employees.I am currently paid through my llc for selling homes, but the issue is that when I am to be paid for services of property management, the funds have to pass through my managing broker's office. 

It is a critical and fundamental business skill that can help you identify potential risks, liabilities, issues with regulatory compliance, and opportunities associated with your transactions.

What issues do you run into with real estate agents?

However, we're having doubts because: 1. we wouldn't be able to afford the PITI on our own for longer for >6 months without the help of rents, so we're depending on the house hack to be able to afford this house, but not sure if that's a bad thing or not and 2. not sure if this house is too much house for us financially and we're in over our heads about what we can afford.We've been super excited about this place until we realized the issue with the illegal basement and now we're overwhelmed with the thought of potentially not even moving forward with the house.

Any issues you encounter in the beginning time will work out for you.

Hey Mike, I believe this was actually bp support, I had an issue trying to reply to one particular forum and sent them a note.