Helped several clients, specifically physicians this year along with @Jason Wray's medical program acquire STR's and take huge advantage of this. 

I would like to know if it is necessary to obtain a Real Estate license in order to acquiring your first properties.

I have rental properties and the property management company direct deposit my rental into my bank account instead of naming the properties by address, she just put the property management company name in the additional income.

Many of them charge an additional fee over 10 feet, and some are scammers just looking to get in your house and try to tell you that you need a whole bunch of other services (that they can provide for an additional fee).  

Here's how it plays.Asking price 6.999mNegotiated sales price 6.7mNegotiated closing date Nov. 30thBuyer wants additional 60k in misc reparations i.e. mold, dry rot, termites, etcWe accept counter but want Oct 31st closing due to the timing of a 1031 exchange app.Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter after our teleconference this morning.

If you have equity in the property you need to deduct a 10% return off the top of the rent as a additional expense otherwise the equity is being wasted.

The only experience I have is buying my primary residence in which I used an agent to acquire.

I work with a lot of different attorneys in the area because I'm a Realtor in addition to being an investor, but John is my attorney.

I would add that I would also consider obtaining RE outside of my IRA...this would provide the tax benefits, but prevent from utilizing IRA assets to acquire, correct?

The property would be a good addition to my portfolio but I am not sure how to accurately estimate the value due to the poor record keeping by the owner.