Account Closed the last several deals we have done have been working with a good broker who is not afraid to write offers on properties that are off market. 

I would shop around and especially look for a broker that does larger commercial rental properties (multi-family) that can shop around with some brokers etc.

I would love to hear about how people can find deals and how to reverse engineer my goal.I’ve even considered getting my brokers license here to see if it would make things easier.

As a new investor and broker with tax season around the corner it's interesting. 

I'm an avid reader and actually take pleasure in this sort of research, but what frightens me -and this is no shade to all the kindness of info offered me by some of the industry professionals here-, .... is exactly that: There is such a largess of professional brokers, flippers, money managers, agents and companies vying for my attention that at this point, my instincts tell me to back into my tortoise shell, read a few books on this, and THEN come back into this information market.

When you say "to conduct real estate exactly like an agent or broker" that infers a lot of grey area. 

Did you work with an agent or mortgage broker? 

Speak with a local Commercial Broker and ask about the owner-occupied component of the SBA loan.

Some recommendations have been:-listing it through a broker for a flat fee, to get it on the MLS.

Here's a little guidance:Ask a local insurance broker to give you a ballpark estimate on a landlord policy (not a homeowners policy).