Staging your house well can help you attract more attention from buyers, which ultimately helps it sell faster and maybe for a higher price than an unstaged home (see visual):What Are My Staging Options?

You're going to have to go learn about that yourself.The faster you get rid of this bozo the better off the whole system will be.

Hopefully that will be at the end of Q1. 

Time in the market beats timing the market!

It's easier and faster to wholesale then go through the process of getting your license.

Later payments if after the one year anniversary would be at CapitalGain rates.

As a new agent I imagine you don't have that kind of coin so if you can't beat um join um.

We would be at a disadvantage at both the purchase and annually with income taxes.I hope this is just a scare tactic and this does not pass. 

Bottom line nothing beats getting your License for RE brokerage and then working the trade or a license to lend if required then working the trade start with a company and learn as you go. thats how I learned the bizz..

Once you are familiar with what a good investment looks like, then you can create a rule of thumb to help you analyze property faster and only dig deep on the ones that look promising.Here's a guide that describes what good cash flow looks like and how to analyze a property.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/rental-property-cash-flow...