In the Residential Property Management Industry there are 3 big players in the field: AppFolio, Buildium, Propertyware.

I think GA does require license to broker money.. maybe wrong.. license is not tough.. then you get your NMLS registration done.. and your good to go.most folks doing this will either have a wall st.. connection were the VC will put in say 50 to 100 million.. and take some control of your company or oversight..the other way is you do a PPM and raise the capital through private accredited investors.. then the third way is to get a credit facility at local banks and they will back fill your loans. ( this is what I did) this is for every 1 million you have in cash they will give you 4 million line of credit.. of course this takes having the cash and having some pretty significant experience and balance sheet.. we had in the day 30 million in credit lines.. through 4 banks.bigger players can get 20 to 50 million dollar lines from Credit sussie ext. 

Our goal is to end up as one of the big players in the ATL REI scene.

I am currently working on a project and will be renting it out when it’s ready and would like to start building relationships with some A players in the CInci area.

It's good to know the marketplace and who the players are in the area where you are looking to generate business.

Finding an A-player realtor is going to be the key because the realtor will have contacts to contractors, property managers, title company, real estate attorney, and insurance agent.

I don't want to do painting as a business but I now have an entire arsenal to rehab a property right away and with my own sweat equity.

I am very liquid but I am a professional poker player which makes getting a loan tricky since they consider me 100% commission based.

Like it or not this industry is headed for consolidation with Zillow and CoStar (Apartments) becoming the two dominant players.  

It sounds like you've been in this world before and understand how the big players play.