I noticed this post is a few years old so I am curious to hear where you guys are now and the level of growth you've achieved.

Most of the information that I find online says that a person needs a license to rent or lease properties unless they are the owner of the properties being rented, but I can't seem to find anything that specifies if I/we, as employee(s)/agent(s) of the LLC that owns the properties which I/we manage (including showing and negotiating rental/leasing agreements), am technically exempt or required to be licensed as a broker.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I've used Ryan & Co in the past (at my day job) - they do a great job and can help in that area.Don't have any suggestions on the mortgage company...

It does not matter what level the person you spoke to imo.Let us know what you end up doing.

Eventually, we decided to buy our home where we would raise our kids and grow old.We debated on selling the tri-level, but decided to rent it since we already had the house and we would not walk away with much cash.

I recently came across this wonderful project:https://casestudies.uli.org/oslo-washington-dc/ https://www.oslo-dc.com/I think the co-living model might fit perfect for my site and I'm currently exploring this option with my architect and local co-living operators. 

If you don’t have either a recorded ownership, agreement or a mortgage, I don’t think a title/escrow co. would be required to honor it and disburse accordingly at closing.

If you have credit up to a certain level, most counties do down payment assistance and have other kinds of grants that promote homeownership for people who don't have a lot of money of the greatest credit.

I'm buying office, retail and special situations.But, let me also say, I have invested passively  in several multi-family syndications recently and even at these nose-bleed levels they still look much better than anything else I could invest in.

Hello,My wife recently got her Colorado real estate broker license, partially to help with our investing, and also to try and earn some extra money.