This allows me to be completely comfortable with the ARV of a potential rehab, the rental rate for a 3BR unit, etc.Although a license certainly isn't necessary to succeed, I don't believe there's any substitute to direct MLS access for quickly learning the market and analyzing deals.   

@Keith Patrick one other thing I can recommend is reaching out to syndicators on this site with offers to help them (make coldcalls to property owners, perhaps tour a property, or anything else they need help with...)I, too, am really interested in Multi-family investing/ syndication and I believe offering to help the investors who are doing what I would like to get good at is a great, economical way to get ahead.

I'm in the process of getting clarity from them on two points, which I'd love to have input from the BP crew as to if they are looking at things appropriately/fairly:1) Rental Income: I believe I'm getting 75% credit for rental income from 3 properties seasoned 4+ years. 

I found him on Craigslist believe it or not.

The short answer is you can gift it to her I believe, but you’d need to put that in writing

I believe you do need to hire an attorney for an eviction for your business though.

Hobby landlords believe in the boogie man theory that raising rent to market is not worth the cost of tenant turn over.

Strike three.You believe the story they told you.

I didn’t write the whole conversation out that I had with her but it did lead me to believe she was legitimate.

They both believe in their strategy and some will battle to the end to defend it.