Pros/Cons of getting a real estate license for investor???

[John P.]

I am a real estate investor and considering getting a real estate license (either sales or broker).  The main reason being to give me a "day job" and secondarily to be a little more on the inside as it seems to me real estate sales people end up getting a lot of good deals as a result of their being actively involved in the industry. In all honesty part of it is I just want to have a "job" so my extended family doesn't bother me about what I am doing for money. ;)   Seems like there are a lot of part-time Realtors out there!?  Curious of pros/cons to my idea. TIA