It can be used for house hacking by purchasing a multi-family property, allowing one to live in one unit and rent out the others.

What it’s not is an easy, profitable, part time business.

You could still get value out of the relationships.The best time to pay for coaching is after you have a small business going of your own and you want to scale it.

depends on the state - as some states allow a loan officer to be a 1099 employee but if you are a W2 then it probably makes it more challenging.What states are you licensed in as we may be looking for some 1099 loan officers. 

For reference, I am self-employed (I run my own online clothing business, i am 1099-k) and I've always been told that it'll be hard for me to get a conventional mortgage when you're self employed, so I am specifically asking about other types of loan options.  

People make their mind up about you within 4 seconds, typically....whether you are or are not somebody they'd like to do business with. 

Also I would check their lease because since the unit is currently non-owner occupied, it might be more challenging to evict the tenant unless there's a specific clause in their lease that allows for eviction under these circumstances.

Make them based on what your tenants need (not want) which would also allow for them to customize (furniture use) to their tastes.I wrote a book on this a number of years ago that touches on a lot of these things, but it was focused on my specialty, "Energy Efficient, cost effective homes". 

Please correct me if im wrong.That said it seems the airbnb short term rental business is doing okay (some cash flow?).

There are plenty out there that would love to earn your business.