Even if it only supports voice, you've done your part.

If you are married, as your wife has income to support a loan, then you can get additional conventional loans under she name.

I'm new to this type of investing and to Bigger Pockets but I am overwhelmed by the information and support in my short time on here.

I started as a buy and hold investor and then decided to get my license to capitalize on my knowledge (and help other people find properties rather than take on too many projects myself) so I came in with a more investor-centric mindset.There are a few things I would recommend to a new agent, which I hopefully tweaked enough to apply to your situation.1) Figure out your niche, and find a broker that supports this.This may be geographic as well as multifamily investing.  

From CBRE | 2016 Global Real Estate Market Outlook“Moderate economic growth with low interest rates, punctuated with bouts of pessimism and volatility—the factors that have characterized the world economy for the past few years—are likely to continue in 2016, supporting moderate growth in commercial rents and investment sales volume globally.”

There is so much to learn in here and everyone in the community seem so supportive to one another. 

With that number in mind have the realtor provide you w/ some market statistics to support where you want to look & your $ available.  

Failure to have adequate merger clauses, failure to have adequate liability clauses, failure to adhere to local Consumer Protection laws, etc.

Instead of calculating what the costs are, I suggest you seek out a good broker who can teach and support you enough to make high earnings.

It's completely open and has support beams holding the structure up.