Independently run or it doesn't exist.

Ultimately, I'm looking for increased cash flow and, eventually, financial independence.

But there are opportunities in Brooklyn (but perhaps not in neighborhoods you want to live in, depends on your commute preferences, etc) to do what you've described and have nearly all of your mortgage paid for.

Isnt that what financial independence is really about?

I own 2 rental properties in the suburbs of Seattle (Redmond and Kirkland) and I am looking to take the next step and find more rental properties that can make me financially independent.

After a fulfilling banking career, a 7 year experience as an independent businessperson in Benin (West Africa), and my relocation in Las Vegas NV, I become a Nevada real estate broker-salesperson, specialized in new home and land transactions with New Home Network in Henderson NV.And also, a Certified Real estate and land developer from REDI Foundation, where I have been trained to provide to the financial partners, genuine real estate development joint-venture package projects in the United States and Canada.

So sorry you ran into this and had to ask.If you can document that all your contacts for the transactions were outside the current brokerage, you can ack independently - - at a cost - - you may have to defend yourself.I would seek arbitration with the State Board and go from there. 

My goal in real estate is essentially slowly build my net worth up so I can have financial independence and then try to maximize cash flow.  

Should both parties be named independently?

You can download a template for Word that sets up all the margins and such for you, so the printing comes out in the right places.On the front of the card, I have my name (in big type), my email address, and my user name here (MattR36).On the back of the card, it says:---New to real estate in 4th quarter 2015.Looking to purchase and rent out a single-family home or duplex in Blue Springs, Lee's Summit, or south Independence, Missouri.MAREI 13 Oct 2015---That last line is the local real estate investor's group, and the date of the meeting where I passed out the cards.