I Recently got married and had a baby and am looking to put in some hard work in real estate investing (specifically flipping) in order to achieve greater financial freedom, as getting ahead in the rat race has proved to be elusive!

the best advice I can give you would be to get pre qualified if your not approved for further action work backwards and achieve or receive the things the bank needs to get the mortgage btw I congratulate you on finding your first property and going multifamily I'm sure it's a great deal 

What is the seller's motivation to sell within 3yrs of the purchase if the numbers are good?

The challenge becoming an agent is that many motivated sellers contact you specifically because they do not want to work with a real estate agent.

This is achieved, however, at an unconstitutional cost to interstate commerce."

So I have a motivated seller list I mailed to.

Congratulations on taking action to achieve your goals.

@Jose CintronThe rent to own business with Sellers or with tenant buyers take some talent and some knowledgeWholesaling is pretty straightforward as far as finding a motivated seller and finding a cash buyer and putting them togetherIf you're assigning lease options I highly recommend you get an RMLO to prequalify your tenant buyers as per the Dodd Frank and the safe actThis way most of your tenant Buyers will get mortgagesThere's also a component of credit improvement to help increase FICO scores if DTI is OKI know Massachusetts really well I grew up in Arlington@Mike Hurney@Shaun ReillyMike and Shaun are been around the block quite a few timesBeing licensed allows you to show houses and market house you do not own to tenant buyers in MassachusettsOnce  you get caught acting as a real estate agent, you get a fine and you get a record against the department of real estate in MassachusettsThen  it's difficult for you to get a licenseIf you want to buy on subject to or wrap mortgage without a license I think you're in the clear because you're acting as a principal and you're getting on titleIf you just get your license and act as a principal you're fine, and also disclose to the seller that you are licensed but acting as a principalIf you want to be hardheaded and do lease options without license, please don't complain when you can not do business in  Massachusetts or Rhode Island or Connecticut or New Hampshire or Vermont, New Englanders talk to each other

If the market cap gives a purchase price significantly below the asking price, you make a call to the broker or owner and see the motivation and why they are selling. 

I know I have a lot of challenges but I am super motivated and really up for it.