I would talk to Jeff he is an expert in southern CA lending.In the day and the day was long ago for me.. but we did all our loans as fractional in the SF Bay ARea were I had my company. 

Legally you can't ask for proof of certification - When it is not obvious what service an animal provides, only limited inquiries are allowed.

@Steven Rago legally, whoever shows the property has to be a licensed agent.You can try to play games with that and have a handman allow "access", but it's a BIG risk.So that leaves agents & PMCs.You have two choices with agents:1) Pay per showing: since any agent can show a property, find the cheapest.2) Pay Listing Fee: typically 1 month of rent to put in MLS and place a lockbox so any/all agents can show.We do NOT recommend allowing agents to screen applicants - it's a conflict of interest!

Electric company put leans on the owner. 

Currently, I've been outsourcing this task, but due to some recent success with helping people close on houses, I want to reinvest my earnings in a company or individual who can handle this for me.Specifically, I'm looking for a small business that could benefit from some financial backing to expand their operations.

I have done things with attorneys, CPAs, stock brokers, insurance brokers and others successful in business.General business knowledge, understanding of financing requirements, knowing property valuations, maturity in personal financial matters to give general advice, understanding of the foreclosure process, legal aspects as to liability in leading someone into financial matters, fully understanding fraud issues and the differences in a general matter where fraud might be applied as generally thought of and what may constitute bank fraud causing or even attempting to cause a loss to an insured bank having different standards.

Set up separate company to "master" lease hard to lease rental units2.

Or could another broker at my company list and get paid commission so long as the company doesn't retain any profits and just acts as a pass-through entity to pay the other broker? 

If you are looking for recommendations on who the best turnkey companies are to partner up with, then I am your gal.

The only benefit in this instance, as an investment partner in a JV, or member in a multi-member LLC, is it's an act of "good faith" on my part in the agreement, being extremely transparent about the project's costs for the construction company, and the specific amount the partner/member invoices as profit or salary attributed to construction services on the specific project (I differentiate profit from salary, as it depends on the size of your construction company, a smaller company the profit may be the salary etc).