I've already been charged for an appraisal (last week) but the appraisal has yet to be conducted.

Trust that even though I have not been inside to conduct a thorough inspection and estimate rehab fairly, I will say though that a home that has been vacant for the past 2 years may have quite  some work to be done.  

I recently called a real estate business in Mississauga, Ontario and they told me that I need a joint venture to be able to conduct a transactions individually by myself.

Making notes about anything you did not understand and at a later time ask the officials who conducted the sale, or an individual who you saw was very active at that sale.

Also, I haven't been to a closing yet where I was selling a property and the title company didn't require a copy of my operating agreement to determine that myself or any partners were authorized to conduct business on behalf of the LLC.The operating agreement is the only thing tying you as an individual to the entity and title companies can be very picky about who is authorized to sign.Best of luck!

Consider the timelyness of payments under Section 8 and the fact that you have greater control over the conduct and contract compliance with tenants under Section 8 as opposed to those that are not subject to any requirements or oversight.

We always conduct this what-if scenario when looking at a new deal (we follow the BRRRR strategy as well, buying with hard-money and the refi into FNMA on the back end).Andy

Must be associated with a Broker to offer services and close deals.Code of Ethics & Conduct apply equally to all realtors

If you  do all of these things, then your employee can conduct property management activities for the properties that you own.Bob Collett

My immediate question is whether I need a finance license to conduct this transaction.