You will learn a lot more, a lot more quickly, and a lot more reliably, than chipping away on a web forum where half-questions and half-answers seem to dominate - just the nature/drawback of the format.

I want to have my own license moving forward, and there's not much information on the web on how to do this. 

Eventually I want to do everything through a web portal but I'm not there yet. 

As someone in a BP podcast once said;"people will google what is on the bandit signs in their area"So consider it being a second-hand approach to your web presence.

@Amiee ThompsonWelcome to BiggerPockets, the site I consider to be Best for Real Estate on the web. 

Make sure you run your scenario by your lender, instead of just relying on your interpretation from HUD's web site.

@Megan Bridgette,My past experience was with HUD homes and it was so long ago that these web resources did not yet exist (early to late 1990's).Today, I would use Zillow for comparables so I would have an idea what to expect before approaching an agent for a CMA.

My name is Andy and I was just browsing the web page and came across your post.

Good luck on your web development app.

I agree that finding a job, bird dogging, getting a license and leasing are all other pathways there and are more conservative - or tried and true - however I don't believe that it is a pie in the sky scenario.