@Paul Rowan If you pay for the additional E&O exposure you will create, a licensed broker will most likely sponsor you and let you collect rent as PM for clients.  

My client is interested in buying multi-and living in one side.

I've got a client that might want to sell a house with three units in Baltimore.

I have dealt with a few 203k contractors for some clients and none I would recommend, talk about expensive. 

Seller financing is a very viable option but it will not defer the tax only delay and spread it out and the recapture of all depreciation in the year of the sale can be a major sting if that property has been owned for a long time.The track that most of our clients will take at the retirement stage is to continue to defer the tax on gain with one final 1031 into a completely passive 1031 compliant investment. 

I am a graphics designer and put together some stuff to help improve communication, transparency, and trust with my clients through it.

I wonder if someone, who has had hands-on experience with arranging an owner-occupant loan for non-resident can help out my clients. 

We have for years discouraged potential clients with visions of some "scheme" to use their own efforts or a quid pro quo arrangement as a means to move value inappropriately into an IRA. 

Too often, I see my clients make sell/hold decisions without taking into account taxes.

I'm now a licensed real estate agent with Exit Realty Metro (MN) and Homestead Realty (WI)) I am by no means rolling in cash (and proudly enjoy Sports Clips haircuts and obsessing about airline miles for my vacations) but real estate has helped me catch up on my retirement savings and provides a nice second source of income, which helps me stress less about taking on as many clients in my day job (or charging those clients a ton of money).My day job: I’m a political consultant that has managed campaigns, led field programs, designed trainings, or consulted on over 50 campaigns in 18 US states and 8 countries.