From Software to Real estate

[Raj Anand]

Other than buying my first house in 1999, I haven't done a single real estate transaction. I live in Santa Clara and am software consultant by profession so most of the real-estate jargons are greek at this point.

But I am willing to learn, and was wondering if a 3 months course for a real-estate agent license makes sense even if I really don't want to make that my primary profession (I am told it does not pay very well :).

Investments are a different game for sure. Will it help if you have a realtor license and save costs on the deals that you do?