I have always heard of the danger of a dual agent situation and understand why it's not ideal.

I finally took the plunge and have become a real estate professional.

Go to GET STARTED > EVENTS AND MEETUPS at the top of your screen.

You would now be free & clear of any debt service and the expense impact of such.

I am new to this multifamily/commercial side of things.

Zillow likely uses survey results to improve the renter experience and listing quality.

Any rule of thumb to use while analyzing?

Nothing beats a custom optimized CRM to fit your needs and how you do business.I honestly feel like everyone selling CRM try really hard to make people believe they need an "out-of-the-box" system, but this truly HAS to be customized to how you manage your leads.For Lead generation we leverage GrumpyHare. 

@Josh LemonsThey have a regulation A offering which is open to accredited and non accredited investorsThe great thing is they have to submit their offering circular and have it qualified by SEC as well as submit financial information etc.All this means is the information is readily available and if you do not understand it then I recommend engaging an attorney who can interpret it.

If you are paying that much for a program (that you can learn for free on YouTube) then they should atleast answer that for youBut I can also answer for you - yes you can broker from anywhereYeah, I'm still going through the course.