If you have access to USAA, they have good rates and you can have up to 10 rental home policies with them.

Furthermore I see a tenant who lets me know when there are issues as an opportunity to keep looking in on the place AND with more improvements that I make to the unit the greater the appreciation in value.... 

That said, we are interested in potentially obtaining our own real estate license, for the usual reasons; MLS access, cut out the middle man etc.

I can see us being over to work on some improvements and general cleaning a couple days of week also. 

An investment property that cashflows should actually improve your DTI.

. - The lender is wanting to see either a list of improvements including receipts and lien waivers for the new appraisal of $67,000 to justify the higher price and/or they will require 6 month of seasoning.- If someone knows how to buy, appraise and refi in 30 days, please let me know how.

This will allow you to access your equity once you've rented both units out and have converted the property to a full fledged rental.

Whatever channels are used to put him in touch with new investors need to be bombarded with complaints, the situation is bad enough without new people having access to his nasty operation

Any idea how to get this info without MLS access?

I'm a wholesaler, and as the title suggests, I want to become a Real Estate Agent's "assistant" so that I'm allowed access to the MLS.