contractors license

[Olivia Story]

I have been learning and reading so much in the past year about investing in real estate, specifically rehabbing and flipping. I feel I'm ready to make my move when all of a sudden, someone tells me that to do this in WA State, I need to have a contractors license! What?! This is the first I heard of this. This is a bump in the road but I will do what it takes. So I looked at the requirements on the State website but am still a little confused. Can someone from WA State tell me their process of getting their contractors license? I need insurance? How much does this cost?