Otherwise, you will have Dodd-Frank issues with needing a licensed mortgage loan originator on your deals, plus the due diligence on ability to repay, prohibitions against balloons, etc etc etc depending on volume of transactions.  

I am a licensed agent in the area and  have a high volume of deals coming through weekly.

You can do so much better with a high volume of direct mail and digital advertising.

If you plan to look locally and are having issues finding someone who is putting themselves out there as a real estate person, look for a firm who does a high volume of business tax returns - likely they also have very high exposure to real estate issues. 

The above are generalizations and don't work all the time but I buy enough volume that it averages out pretty well.

Nor do I want to take or manage that sort of call volume. 

http://www.har.com/content/newsroomHighlights are: Single-family home sales rose 4.1 percent versus June 2014;Total property sales were up 3.3 percent year-over-year to a record 9,480 units;Total dollar volume increased 9.5 percent to $2.7 billion;At $302,942, the single-family home average price reached an all-time record high;At $225,000, the single-family home median price also achieved an historic high;Single-family homes months of inventory edged up to a 3.2-months supply, matching a level not seen since September 2013;Days on Market for single-family homes fell to a record low 43 days versus 47 days a year earlier.Townhome/condominium sales rose 6.7 percent;Single family home leases were up 4.6 percent while townhome/condominium leases rose 5.1 percent with average rents up year-over-year.

Hello all!

I'm trying to figure out how investors are not a hassle for RE agents.

My husband and I own one investment property along with the home we live in. We are planning to do cash-out refinances, ...

A really solid agent might do $15MM or more in volume and may just not have time to do those things.

One other thing is that Keller Williams became the top Real Estate Company in the U.S. in number of agents, number of units and sold volume.