They have a great presence in california.

The issue then becomes the presence or absence of a Severability Clause.In law, severability (sometimes known as salvatorius, from Latin) refers to a provision in a contract which states that if parts of the contract are held to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of the contract should still apply.

Frankly, I view the presence of K-n-T as an opportunity.  

Creating an online presence to do so only magnifies your exposure and risk in doing so without one. 

If you hang your license with a firm, be sure to negotiate how your personal transactions will be handled.We negotiated very favorable terms, however, it also help that we produce great income to our brokerage.Where you hang your license is also key, if you don't need bells, whistles, and brand presence go with a firm that caters to investors.

If he is a Realtor® then he needs to disclose to you the presence of a valid Exclusive Right to Sell, but more specifically ANY COOPERATION.It is NOT a guarantee that because it is listed that there is cooperation. 

I had decent success using this on MFs, trying it on SF now and much larger volume, will see how well it works in a hot marketI think best long term plan is building a strong online presence and marketing 

We later found out that our "coaches" (and all the other coaches, too) were merely just students who had purchased just one property, and under the oversight and presence of the guru, so they'd never even done a deal by themselves.

That said, I do have some thoughts about the issues you mentioned:You might consider working with a bank (like HSBC) that has a presence in HK as well as here in the US.

and we have a cleaner locally that also acts as our local presence (as now required by statute).