it's the law.manage this one 6-12 months before buying another one...you'll learn a ton.God speed!

And as for personal investments and getting a "discount" from a future broker....looks like a lot of firms around here work with Caps and once you hit your Cap...then you get to keep either 95 or 100% of your commission (minus taxes of course)....so any personal investments we do simply speed up reaching your cap faster and I suppose that's worth something....Thanks! 

So far the biggest incentive for me to get my license is speed, a house came on the market last night, before anyone knew about it I scheduled a showing and if the house is in good shape I will have an offer in on it today.

The ability for a (cop) car to speed by your house is a good thing.Between City College and executive airport is not too bad.

I (assume) that in California they'll need a lease in order to turn them back on, which I wouldn't give them, so that should speed up their own process of leaving.Honestly, though, California is not an easy state to get someone gone so you really should be thankful that they are leaving (in theory) on their own.

Other than credit building accounts and being authorized on another’s credit card, are there any other paths I can take to speed up the process?

Any way to speed it up?

You're slowly selling the house rather than building up an asset.If you use your ability to shelter gains, and do "low speed fix and flips" where you buy a junker, live in it and fix it up over the course of two years, and then sell it at a tax-free profit, then it really can be an investment.And, if, as David Niles says, you pay it off and leave it to the kids, then they have not only a nice asset, but also get it with a stepped up basis, avoiding taxes.

Brian: It looks like the idea of seller financing has hit some kind of recognition with the general public.

A split can seem expensive but it can make up for that in the speed and flexibility it gives.