In this industry you have to always be learning.

It is my humble opinion that the legislator who wrote the law (he represents tenants exclusively), was building a business for himself and trying to create an industry for attorney's to represent tenants.

Side hustles, or gig work in the real estate industry can also be a way to earn money for a down payment for your next property. 

It has a diversified economy with sectors like healthcare, education, and manufacturing.

Again, other might feel differently here.b) Skin in the game: as a conservative investor, I understand that the dirty secret of industries that the waterfall compensation is in the line with me and incentivizes sponsors to take more risk.

I manage large commercial and industrial properties now for my employer, I am a facilities manager for a large utility company in my area.  

My beef with the people who teach this are(1) they imply this is somehow related to real estate investing; it is not(2) they imply you can be successful with only the knowledge they teach; this is not true, you need managerial and business skills and knowledge to a degree way beyond the scope of the “training” they provide.(3) they imply you can successfully do this on a part time basis; it’s actually a full time business demanding all of your attention(4) they imply competition is limited; competition is actually fierce, except for the deals on which there is no profit.Additionally, this industry is state regulated, by the state in which the property is located.

those with experience in the industry will tell you that Service is far more important than saving a few bps shopping lenders all over the place.. not to mention all the credit pulls for menumber 1relationshipNumber two know they can actually fundnumber 3 rate and termsNumber 4  junk fee's sniff those out many times lenders on the private side spring those on you in the final hud and your stuck. 

Oh, I've owned and sold a few rentals, so I'm not completely ignorant of the industry.

Regarding whether or not the license is good for networking- I only find it good for networking in the commercial real estate industry, not residential.