My current residential rentals have increased a lot in value.

Doing retail deals definitely doesn’t hurt, but focusing on investing work is probably the most efficient way to use your license as a learning and networking tool in my opinion.

I personally own multiple properties with two partners and for us an LLC was necessary to establish equal ownership of the properties, which vary in value.

And let's face it, it could be a useful tool to use if you're the seller. 

There are a lot of great tools at your disposal that help to make it a bit easier nowadays.

Did properties increase in value more than 30% in the last 8-9 years?

Having a HELOC when you are investing can be a very valuable tool to use for your down payments and closing costs.

@Larissa Beltre Use the powerful tool of social media!

It's just once you see that the best tools are Open Source and basically free, even when you plug into Cloud services, it's hard to not want to poke around and try to figure things out.

At this point in the market cycle even a lot of the historically stagnant markets are experiencing little bumps in value and thinning inventory/higher demand, especially with multi-family buildings.