But, if you want to address something specifically towards me, this is the place!  

Contacts I've have and done deals with I reach out to when a big client is looking for something specific and has a unique set of problems that require some work to solve but have a big upside when you know the process from A-Z and how optimize a deal.

I am posting this message hopefully to get some good suggestions for real estate specific CPAs in the Atlanta, Ga area.

Feel free to reach out to discuss our specific lending programs.

If you want more specific answers I recommend talking to a commercial / investor focused broker.

It may be an obvious answer, but I wanted to hear about some specific examples where having a license helped more.

Focus on a niche like house hacking and people will be willing to pay you for your niche knowledge even if the more general agents do suffer (which I doubt happens either). 

Hi Michael - It dpeends on what specifically you are looking to do.

A lot of the books are good in the biggerpockets bookstore if you like to read to get more knowledge on specific topics.

I'm also curious how you chose your niche and strategy, like Single Family Homes, Multi-Family etc.