You will have to find a sponsoring broker before becoming licensed.  

In order for them to have gotten a student visa, they would have had to have a sponsor - i.e. the parents guaranteeing their expenses.They're choosing California, which is an expensive state, so I would think the parents would have some money.There's a risk to their visa, if they were caught in some kind of felony, so I think the likelyhood of them destroying your property is smaller than with an American, in my opinion.I also believe that Asian countries see honor and shame as much more important than the way American see it today.

This program is sponsored by the local monopoly company that controls the electricity infrastructure (either Oncor or Texas-New Mexico Power, depending on house location). 

They should have a list of "Approved Landlords/Properties" or the can have ones of barred LLs and properties.Saying two soldiers....well, make sure they are of sufficient rank (usually E-4 and above) who are command sponsored or authorized to live off post. 2 single people will likely mean "party house" with lower EM, IMO.

Then said they we're going to pay for and sponsor my mortgage license and kept lying saying each week that next week they were going to do it.

The 7 Republican sponsors know how to kill new industry (wind, solar) that unfairly creates higher margin electricity at lower production cost.

Im starting to research some investor friendly sponsoring brokers.

@Nick K.There are cases of sponsors putting in little to none of their own capital {Donald Trump comes to mind}, but such folks have a proved track record.

Just curious how they compare to bank loans, hard money lenders, and private lending.I believe he is referring to syndicated deals whereby the sponsor secures all the financing.

A sponsor could come in and turnaround the asset in no time (increase NOI i.e. increase cap rate or unlevered yield to the investor). - Amateur hour, newbies with money burning a hole in the pocket- Experience sponsors with money burning a hole in their pocket- 1031 folks with money burning a hole in their pockets- SpeculatorsA ton of people have done stupid things in the past few years and have been handsomely rewarded.