Are you starting a brokerage?

My brokerage is out of NOLA.

The balance will pay for 3 things on the seller's side: the listing brokerage, marketing and - finally, the agent's profit (and taxes). 

I owned a large real estate brokerage and property management company that I sold in 2016 and “retired”.

They do brokerage work too.

It seems that having savings in a brokerage accounts is the most flexible.

California and Florida are two very different states in regards to real estate so I would imagine studying for both would just hinder your education.As far as brokerages it’s hard to ask for advice because most people would obviously say their brokerage is the best.

I have better things to do with my time.My 15 year old daughter is learning how to manage assets now and she enjoys looking at an online brokerage account and is amazed that it can go up and down by $30k in a moment. 

If you get a mortgage originator license - could you originate loans without working for a brokerage?

I considered forming a C corp and having me and my wife take our IRA and "invest" them in my C-corp but I think that is not allowed.c) I have a 401k that could do it but the payment would be hefty I thinkd)  I have a brokerage account large enough to do most of the deal but liquidating the funds it's in would be a significant tax hit (not a tax professional  :) )e)  There is hard money lenders but I don't really know what impact they would have on my bottom line.f)  I have enough in home equity to do it.