Our plan is for her NOT to become a traditional real estate agent long term, but in order to generate some income to invest she will be playing that role short term.

All advise from you wonderful vet investors are welcomed...

I get a much worse commission split than I use to have at a small brokerage, but my ability to generate business is infinitely easier.

Also, the amount information out there for *generating* clients farrrr outweighs the information/training on what to do to protect those clients best interests. 

My question is if I am starting my own company and I want to market for leads (email, yellow letters, my website), do I have to include my brokers name and company on my lead generation marketing?

Generate prospects: "If you don't list, you don't last."

Are there any rei's that might be willing to talk or have any advise about how to find somebody to talk to.

He's a 3rd generation CPA in Pasadena, Ca and one of his specializations is Real Estate.His clients have over $1B in investment property- he knows his stuff.  

Then you're providing your own housing as well as generating revenue.

Any good ideas as far as how to generate, also there are quite a few houses i see in my surrounding neighborhood that have a for sale sign in the yard being sold by a real estate company, do they hold any value to me, is there a way to make money off of houses like that.