When you are ready to sell again, you just get the next broker to pick you up and activate your license again. 

Quote from @Gladys Cepeda: Quote from @Peter Smith: @Caleb Rehg I have been active in student housing for 20 years.

They actively try to recruit people in mine.

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!

The REI community here is really active.

If you don't have an entity, this is a Schedule C activity.

This is why so many people earn large sums of money quickly (lottery, sports, entertainment, etc.) and end up broke.Take Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University.

Quote from @Andrew Lawlor: I've been actively investing in short-term rental properties for the past three years, managing one live property and another that will go live in two months.

For those things that require time, ask for amount of time they'll need for an average house in the area given the sales environment you describe for each activity, and agree to a minimum and maximum reimbursement for each item.They'll push for their (ludicrous) 6 percent, and you'll remind them that in Scotland it's done for 1 percent, and that the market in your area is super hot so the house will sell itself with little work.Either you will persuade them, or they will persuade you.You are wrong to think, however, that your preconception of what is involved is relevant to the question of what is "reasonable."

While my husband and his ex make a similar income and do not exchange child support due to us pointing that out in court a couple of years ago, she actively request all financial documents that she possibly can and examines our taxes, etc.