For agents that only do 1-2 transactions per year, it will take a long time to complete.In order to get the designation, an applicant must meet the following portfolio experience:-Three (3) or more qualifying activities totaling $30 million or more; or-Exactly ten (10) qualifying activities totaling $10 million or more; or-Twenty (20) qualifying activities with no dollar volume requirement.In general, designations don't increase business, they increase the level of competency.

Following as I am in a similar situation! 

You'll need a qualified intermediary and need to follow all the rules for identifying property.

I always suggest clients follow the inspector around so you can ask questions as things come up

I find that this can be a little subjective depending on what criteria you follow such as the 2% rule for example (so far, no multi family properties pass that rule but then again, markets are high right now).

My local website shows the following Studio- $651One BR- $793Two BR-$1020Three BR- $1484Four BR- $1797A quick look online for rents showsOne BR- $600 to $895Two BR- $850 to $2700Three BR- $1100 to $1625Four BR- $1350 to $2100I understand some are in a little bit better neighborhood's, some are apartments and some are house's.

They make a path to follow but it still is up to you how you follow through, the path is too narrow.

Read the book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" back in 2016 followed by so many other self-help books which convinced me that I needed to get out of the rat race.

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I hope to meter this expense out to tenants but in case that is not an option, a rough estimate would help in running my numbers.I've been googling around and found the following approximations and wanted to see if they are consistent with what you all are seeing:-cost of insurance in VA to be ~$80 (I'm assuming this is for SFH)-vacancy about 5%, conservatively ~8%These are the factors I am not sure of in my calculations.