I think the question itself emerges from a belief that one either has to be an investor (and do creative investing) OR be an agent and focus all of their time and energy on traditional agent tasks.I see the license as just one of several tools we employ to monetize leads (which in our area are extremely expensive right now).My wife and I own a brokerage, but all of our 32 agents across Texas are first and foremost creative real estate investors, marketing to distressed sellers, wholesaling, flipping, taking properties down Sub2, etc.But when you do that kind of marketing to distressed sellers, sometimes you run across situations where the best solution for the seller (and best chance to monetize that lead) is to just list it.... either a traditional listing or a short sale listing (no, you don't have to call banks either)... or even an owner-finance listing.I think there a lot of myths about being an agent... some of which are more true if you are caught up in a more traditional brokerage where they stress getting a high volume of traditional closings.Common myths are:-- I'll have to show buyers around:  Not if you don't want to!

I'm starting to get the belief it is better to invest more into location and focus less on the property itself.

I stand by my core belief that you need to have a written policy.

My Godfather told me about the technique before that, as I had never really seen him work a regular job (like my Dad).Here's my logic:If you visualize a timeline, 80% of people in foreclosure belief the problem can be solved or that somehow it will go away.

I have been reading BP religiously for the past week.

Read up Amanda, I'm a newbie too and I've been on this site religiously for 2 months and haven't began to even began to put a dent into the amount of content on this site!

I religiously listen to the podcasts.

Early retirement has become an obsession and I religiously listen to Brandon and Josh's podcasts.

So while I am not overly new agey or religious, I would go with some sort of secular or non-secular blessing or symbolic ceremony just for good measure to share that not only is the crime scene long covered, it has even been remodeled in a  psychic or spiritual sense... cleansed as it were.. .

I know wholesaling is not going to be simple, but with BELIEFS, DETERMINATION,& TAKING ACTION, I will be successful.