Curious because my son is an agent but is not active.

One of the best ways to engage with the community is to remain active in these forums (reading & contributing).Setting up keyword alerts is a great way to get started.All the best!

Start by being actively involved with your PROPERTY MANAGEMENT duties.  

*There was 10.1% more listing inventory in the metro and a whopping 30.5% more active listings on the market in the City of Austin.

There is a storage deal that is actively being raised for over there that you can practice analysis on.

And yes, they ARE actively policing it.

As a co-host for short term rentals, you may not need a license as long as you're not crossing over into activities that could be considered brokerage activities like handling any contracts, collecting rents, doing any accounting, approving tenants, etc.

That way you know they are active in the BP community!

I have yet to come across a policy that covered for fraud or illegal activities. 

She said to get some activity going in my account and we can revisit in a month to reapply.