In my opinion, getting the license is a pretty big time (90 hrs pre-licensing courses + exams) and money (between courses and MLS access expect close to 1k startup, maybe less for limited broker) commitment if you haven't gotten into real estate yet.

When we need property access for an inspection or repair or when we need to hear back on a lease renewal offer or when we need to understand the status of a rent payment, silence is the biggest challenge.

They have access to the MLS and can pull historical data easily.

I am not an agent, so I don't have MLS access, and I don't want to annoy an agent every time I want to run the numbers on a property.

MLS access is restricted for agents based upon what Boards they pay for.

Total access to funds: $160kPreferred type of investing: Flipping single families and/or buy and hold multi-families I would like to pick up more properties (especially apartments in the 4-12 unit range), but given the fact that most money is investor money, would need to know how to consistently get the money back out to them. 

This gives access to clubhouse, pools, tennis courts, etc. 

But it's hard to calculate the ARV (by myself at least) without having access to a realtor that can run the numbers for me.

Unfortunately, that means you might not get access to those off market deals first.

When I did have repairs the contractors had issues getting access even after multiple notifications to the tenants.