I invested a lot of money and I was so consumed with tenants, contractors, lawyers, agents, etc. that I never factored in my daily wellbeing.

Go to the NMLS consumer portal and look his name up and see what you find.

Chasing references can be time consuming, so if the credit history does not meet muster, we save ourselves time.

The real estate license process is a bit more lengthy and time consuming these days.

The learning curve is much shorter than going vertical and much less time consuming.

If it is not something a consumer can do online that can usually help the business with a storefront.

I lived below my means and had no consumer debt again after we paid it off.

I can believe that there aren’t websites connecting buyers and sellers for a flat 1-2% yet.I don’t see a downside to the consumer to more competition.

Especially interest rates on consumer debt such as non crucial items put on credit cards for 20% interest. 

Enjoy the short lived niche opportunity while it lasts.... or has already passed.Even the local dispensaries won't want to deal with local growers because the consumer will soon want potency and purity testing, consistency, and name branding etc., and the dispensaries will stock what sells and that will be "Willie Nelson's Best Weed" and not your "grown down on 5th street" brand.