As both a broker and investor, I've not found it to be disadvantageous to be licensed although many investors express a differing opinion. 

@Jessica Martin I ran across this Dallas Groupon for all the courses to get your license in Texas for $179http://www.groupon.com/deals/american-school-of-real-estate-express-tx-dallas-1?

I plan to use it for rent payments as well.Cozy has also introduced "express payouts" which, for a fee of $2.99, speeds up ACH payment processing time.

I wrote an article in BP expressing my frustration at the same issue myself just a few days ago...."

A couple agents on my team used Real Estate Express.

Be aware of your body language and facial expressions, as you are always communicating something, whether you realize it or not.3.

Basically if you had an 18 year old who came to you today and expressed interest in RE investing what would you tell them?

Step #1: Take $150,000 divided by 200,000, which equals .75 Step #2: ITV is also expressed as a percentage so move the decimal two points to the right for a 75% ITV Step #3: If an investor says they will only invest up to 75% ITV then just reverse the calculation.

Three people expressed immediate interest.

This is napkin math, I didn't add inflation, so it's basically expressed in 2015 dollars throughout.