Let's see- First, a disclaimer- We currently live in Chicago and have been involved in Real Estate for 20+ years, have purchased in the Midwest, Southeast & Southwest in every type of neighborhood, A, B, C, D.   

For being reliable, I would say they are one of the "big players" out there.

Hey @Moshe H. and @Eric Brundige what are some of those surrounding areas and are they C-D neighborhoods?

After analysing the main players it was a very easy decision to sign with KW, they are a little bit like Amazon compared to Sears.Fastest growing and became largest brokerage in the us with about 180.000 agents.

Polk as well, as an OCT.There are a few people here who invest, my main investment is my house at this stage.Jeff Vincent is one of the people here who reached out to me, he knows more of the players in the area.

Online banks are paying less than 1%,  30 year treasury rates are 1.73%, and 7 year CD's are around 1.3%. 

More like C/D-.

I just think back to the 350 C D class doors I had and boy the renters many times were just a flat tire away from being broke. 

@Gilbert Dominguez  Your post is not correct.. in some states Oregon being one... there are no commercial purpose loans on 1 to 4 units and the safe act applies.. google any HML in Oregon and you will see an NMLS license.. there are other states as well.Oregon does have an exemption for owner carry back and for 1 or 2 loans non owner.. but anything past that and you need to be licensed.. so the small player is not affected.But a larger private investor is affected and the one's in Oregon have pretty much cozied up with an NMLS broker to keep them compliant.

Certainly not like it was when 30 year rates were under 4.5% last year, but still cruising.Currently looking for a house-hacking buyer in 'A' markets (Lee's Summit, Blue Springs, Liberty, OP, NKC) and anything worth a damn gets snatched up pretty quick (<7 days) (financially speaking, these duplexes have not been great with cash flow <200, COC return <7%, and CAP rates <7%)I listed and sold a banged up triplex in in a 'C-D' neighborhood for its appraisal price of $365 last month.