When I buy one of the deals for my own portfolio, or to rehab the house, I simply pay the agent a commission for finding me a deal (I'm a Broker and they're all licensed reps).

You need an accountant and tax consultant and a real estate expert to sit down and put the houses in order of their value vs. their cash flow if you and your mom do not plan to go back to regular jobs.

we’re hoping we can get some suggestions on property development and acquisition for our Non-Profit.

Currently where I am at is I have a duplex and a single-family house.

Given what you described (house hacking, FHA loan) a license will have little affect on your success in the first few years.

The best cities I've done it in are actually the more expensive one's because there's more willing of a seller to let me buy deep(as they're likely owning the house mortgage free) and every fix I do makes more than a 1x on it simply cause of the neighborhood.

The house is in pristine condition with a top-notch kitchen I added in 2021, and it is located in a premier gated community northeast of Orlando.

Currently interested in house-hacking a duplex in Springfield.

For example, I just blew insulation into the dividing wall of a side by side 2 unit house.

Good luck. :)I totally get it and in this case it works for us because we already have the loan closed on our next house we are moving into and it's not a VA loan.