Here is the link: https://www.epa.gov/lead/protect-your-family-lead-your-homeSome documents you should look for if an offer is submitted to you via a licensed agent:-Consumer guide to agency relationship.

I see this a lot....Once this information is received by us, our job is to thoroughly underwrite it to make sure that the deal makes sense for you and for your company, in addition, it helps us to determine which lender we would go to (agency, bank, hard money etc.). 

You can bring on someone who has been part of larger deals to your "team" and give them a piece of the pie to further strengthen your chances of getting lending from a bank or agency.

(I have had many agencies call asking if they could list my property, and I have turned them down hoping I’d sell it on my own.) 

I would plan to use a fee-for-service agency as my agent, which would run me $3,500.

The mainstream firms just don't have the processing model in place.You can work with a custodian that will act as processor and record the investments you direct them to make, or use what is referred to as a Checkbook IRA or (if self-employed) a Solo 401(k) to have more direct control over the transactional layer. 

It's a good life practice to never have an important part of closing being dependent on the speed of government agencies. 

Also, in a mainstream asset class like value-added multifamily, I see no reason to take a risk on a sponsor that doesn't have full real estate cycle experience and didn't lose money.

There are investors who like to use dual agency (use the selling realtor as their own) because in a way it would incentivize them to choose you if there were competition because then they would get double commission. 

I have looked all over the San Antonio market for a lender that will do non-recourse and the only ones seem to be brokers for agency loans.