You have a freelance job and you can qualify as REP I sharing this from my personal experience.

Awesome to see a new investor-minded person here.. do you have a favorite real estate success story already?

Personally for what people charge for these programs I would say you are 1000x  better off taking some courses at a local college, getting a degree and working in real estate to get paid for experience and then do real estate on the side for your own portfolio as well.

Is your goal to use being an agent for your own personal investments or actively try and grow your agent business to eventually leave your W2?

Personally, I do not like any strategy or approach that aims to benefit from the misfortune of others.

I've personally helped many OOS investors here and they've been very happy with returns. 

I also personally feel like I may take a step back from my main biz in about 15yrs..

Hi Adam,The seller pays the seller commissions and (usually) covers the buyers commissions as well so you shouldn't worry about those fees.The 10% vs 20% I feel like is a personal opinion.

IRS 590 also explains this.5) When you receive a distribution or otherwise get paid back, never take personal control of the money.

I'm currently working with an estate planning attorney and she said she said we could put the LLC in the Trust but said she was not the best person to advise on the pros and cons of that and that we should talk to a business law attorney.