Cell phone, corporate fees, vehicle costs to get around or whatever you want to expense you can operate at very high profit margins.This model is scalable to whatever level you want and can find deals without spending money on marketing.This is how my business is structured and this is how I teach people to build their business. 

Big, scalable money?

The volume, professional services, and scalability available in the larger cities fits my long term strategy, as I'm not looking to manage most properties myself.

I could see this working on a onesie-twosie basis, but not as a scalable business plan.

General REI question- how scalable is house hacking and/or real estate investing for a professional with a full-time job?

Then slowly over time I realized that even though this is so much fun and I was spending day and night on this stuff, it is not scalable.

@Philip Romano I actually read most of what you wrote, and congratulate you for committing to becoming FI .Like @Matt M. said you'll need two years of consistent commissions as an Agent in order to qualify for financing.My suggestion would be to keep the licence, but start another w-2 career path altogether that pays decent base, but with scalable commission opportunities. 

I used to have the goal of getting 10 loans in my name and 10 in spouses name then realized that rentals are not scalable.

I guess my larger concern is around scalability.

I can assure of four things They will not appreciate it They will expect it next year again It is not scalable if you have a bunch of doors It will get expensive and time consuming We are business owners we are trying to reduce expenses not increase them !