Since you have invested the time and money in a real estate licence, your best way to get started is to interview with a real estate team for a year or two, you will get a better education, learn what you can and cannot do with off market properties BECAUSE you have a licence.

By licence you mean?

But I can tell you as a realtor, we constantly get it drummed into us, that if we engage in anything that looks anything like the above, we are to run the other way, and not participate in the transaction, or we could lose our licence, be fined, or go to jail.

The "due on sale clause" is basically "a protection" for lenders.Back in, I think, in the '80s, mortgage interest rates "sky-rocketed" and what was happening, smart people were selling existing mortgages with lower rates.So for example a 30 year mortgage @ 5% relates to a $1,342.05 monthly payment.So if interest rates jumped-up to, let's say 12% in the 1980s, a new $250,000 30 year mortgage @12% would have a monthly payment of $2,571.53.Taking this fictitious example one can see just how powerful it would be in the '80s to sell a house right along with an existing 5% mortgage on it,vs.Selling the same house without an existing mortgage.

One other option for a longer name (e.g. fictitious Carolina Real Estate Holdings, Inc.) you may be able to file an abbreviated name (e.g.

I'm wondering if it's better to get a licence just to have my own personal access to MLS.

I would also start looking for another agent to work with(in this business it is wise to always work with a couple)...I got my agents licence and then my brokers licence for this same reason...

Your going to gain alot more from attending a class.When I took my RE licence class 40 hrs were required I did it 9-5 in one week.

Put out 10-15 bandit signs around town advertising a fictitious property...Mr Investor, do you concur?

And, as I state earlier, you can always drop a fictitious lien on the property, and collect your fee that way, too.