@Pete AckersYou do not require a real estate licence to buy and sell properties in Canada ... otherwise every homeowner would need to be licensed.  

Come to find out he was not licenced.

Perhaps I can licence for free to a community group or a school... 

It doesn't matter if they are licenced or not, it is only to report money paid to someone else for services in the course of business.

I've only done research online in regards LLC licence pros and cons insurance , management rules in California ect. and for some reason everyone (not investors) keep telling us we are thinking too big and we should start with a home.

I am considering getting my RE license in Kansas. I would love and have wanted to get into real estate investing for about 8 months now, I just do not know where to begin. I have read many blogs, posts and other mate...

I couldn't find their licence info.https://www2.cslb.ca.gov/OnlineServices/CheckLicenseII/CheckLicense.aspxHow do deal with unlicensed contractor in this situation?

I have a contractor who does 203k's all the time and is charging about 26k and another licenced, insured contractor who will do the same job for 21k but never done a 203k before.

Some states require DBA or fictitious business name filings to be made for the protection of consumers conducting business with the entity.A company is said to be "doing business as" when the name under which they operate their business differs from its legal, registered name.

Just let fellow BPers hear the kinds of horror stories that go on.Hello,The link you provided to check the licence no longer works.