Ask about their training programs, especially around investment-focused transactions, and find out if they offer mentoring opportunities.

How can I determine if the property is eligible for the Section 8 program?

Brokers also tend to have a much deeper product line up as they are offering the loan programs of many lenders, so they shop for the best terms and rates for their borrowers. 

(we created a construction rescue program as a result of this) We provide excellent incentives for our investors,including locking in long term debt at 3.75 % through our in-house financing program. 2 years free property management as well.

My program allows them to scale when they need no cash up front to tie up the deals and dont have to make payments and dont even have to pay for insurance ..

Hey Nick, yep already said but if you can't qualify based on your wife's income alone then a bank statement program is the most common for business owners when the taxes might not average what they're looking for. 

I'm sure a much nicer/updated gate with a programable codes that all four neighbors like would go a long way. 

We specialize in DSCR and other Non-QM programs. 

I often wonder why folks fall for the hey pay me 10k up front to join my club I will fund your deals when in fact they just refer to a HML to fund them and we will split profit 50 /50.. my profit splits are no where near that  80/20  70/30  bigger side going to the capital partner I want them to grow and continue I dont want them wishing they never should have spent 10k or more on some program..

If the answers are "yes" and "no" to those questions, respectively I'd highly suggest you look into Detroit's down payment assistance program.