take the deposit, move on.....don't punish these people, if they are in financial hot water, and waste your time doing it.

Don't get too caught up in the most sever of punishments for him.  

That was later struck down by a higher court - so they countered with  "enforcement of untidy lawn ordinance"  punishable by whatever the judge decrees.  

Yes, you are "punished" for working.

This perception vs intent is a hard thing to regulate, especially intent, but when intent can be proven it should be punished.

There are many religions that don't have any concept of hell or punishment in the afterlife.If you are an American Plains Amerind, the very worst that can happen to you is to carry disfigurement done to you in battle into the afterlife.

Marc appears, in effect, to be suggesting a continuation of criminal behavior until there is proof that people are going to get caught and punished.

Imagine what would happen if you turned those in, so that the individual being promoted has to be "punished" ...

There is no difference in my opinion doing it with or without a license except in one case you could be fined and face punishment and in the other, you have no worries with the State laws.I also agree that morality is individual.As an RE license holder, yes, you have to disclose yourself as an agent every time, so that may suck sometimes or I believe it can work to ones advantage also. 

Not because I absolutely love to punish myself with hard work (outside of the work I already do at my W2 JOB) but rather to understand what it takes to do a good majority of the work and how long that work will take and how much the money it takes to buy certain materials for the rehab.