I've also heard if you do you have to work for a brokerage firm.

Next I went to some of the real estate brokerages around in my area and asked if they were in the business, they said they would love to but find it too risky (they're just scared).

I just started my real estate brokerage to focus on Multifamily syndicating, and with that I am really open to the whole state of Texas.  

If you have a tenant that should pay 100,000 in rent over 3 years of the primary lease term then 4% of that is 4,000 to the brokerage.

I have aspirations to own my own brokerage/ investment company and possibly build but most of all make a substantial impact in the community!

I have aspirations to own my own brokerage/ investment company and possibly build but most of all make a substantial impact in the community!

Once you establish your REA license, you'll find that depending on who you broker with, that brokerage may have rules that will restrict you in doing some of the things you would want to do as a REI.  

not knowing what type of investing you are looking to do wholesale, fix and flip or buy and hold, it should not make a difference and i would suggest you set up a separate LLC from your real estate brokerage and one for your real estate investing since those are basically 2 different company's. 

After a brief phone call, I had an agent from the listing brokerage calling me within minutes.    

Can I use real estate agency CAR forms and just not check the broker/agent boxes... ?