Which may mean little...it is more important to know the person's background, education and training.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

They seem to have a huge support system and training, at least here in Utah.  

Try to find one that works with the specialties that you need now and in the future, I.E. are you and investor, work with highly experienced loan officers that specialize in that type of loan and have all the tools in their belt to provide you. 

Your broker should have given you some training on this.

If you purchase via an IRA (as opposed to a 401k), you will need to open an IRA account at a specialty trust company which allows for investments in real estate.

These are professionals with additional training and a stricter code of ethics.

They have a clear goal, have one specific task at a time, can give proper instructions and willing to give trainings.

If you're just going to hang a license and do a transaction or two a year, and you have the training to avoid legal issues, I'd just go  to a 100% firm. 

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