A: ORC § 4735.18(A)(36) provides that a licensee is subject to disciplinary sanctions if the licensee is found to have “failed to inform the licensee’s client of the existence of an offer or counteroffer or having failed to present an offer or counter offer in a timely manner, unless otherwise instructed by the client, provided the instruction of the client does not conflict with any state or federal law.”

The State has several online schools where they ask students to have annoyed licensees doing HW for students.

I am in the same boat, soon to be looking for  a brokerage as a new licensee.  

If you are acting as an investor (even as a principle owner/shareholder through an entity) you have to disclose your professional standing as a licensee.

When you mention the fact of being a real estate licensee,,,you also have some people clam up from being hounded to death from them.

Questions I would also ask:- What kind of (if any) trainings do you offer your licensees?

If so, many states have a fund to reimburse members of the public for losses, then the commission goes after the licensee for payment. 

A licensee can make unlimited offers, sales and acquisitions for their clients.

Licensees that buy RE for their own accounts are still under compliance obligations and under the control of their broker, when you are dealing in any aspect of RE with the public they are, to some degree, on the hook for everything you do and say, it's as if they own you, if you don't like their instruction you have a choice, comply or quit and go somewhere else, if you can or give up your license.

The Agency’s investigations are complaint driven, so we rely heavily on the public, and our licensees to bring these individuals to our attention"So as long as Zillow or anyone else who for compensation is going to bring two parties together is properly licensed then its all fair and the market will decide.