Those of its who aren't interested in that rat race might start to look into other pursuits. 

Good Luck on your pursuit!

Hi all,I wanted to share my experience in my pursuit to acquire small multi-family properties over the last 6 months.  

Awesome that you are already in pursuit of your goals.

I love investing and the idea of being aggressive in pursuit of financial freedom.

Intent is to use the list to direct mail market in pursuit of rental properties

First, as @Ashish Acharya pointed out, merely changing the form of compensation does not cancel the requirement that you spend more hours in real estate than in your other money-making pursuits.

At first, I just wanted to use it as a little tool to help me with my pursuit of being an investor (MLS access, networking, having access to houses, etc.) but I soon realized that I wanted to pursue being agent more as a full time job that I give my full efforts too rather than just a side gig for a little extra cash and the parks that come with it.

Sigh, and recant this for the next 10 years as to why you failed in your pursuits if this doesn't work out. 

Please keep us appraised of your pursuits!