WTF. so you know diligently managing our spending and bill paying seems to matter not to the credit dept.

Maybe you can’t make millions of dollars playing golf, but there are millions, yea billions of dollars to be made in sports.

And I do not like to spend even a minute without coverage.

Best part is you're not spending any money when you're checking up compared to MLS or SiteX.

Go with a larger outfit, interview several and spend the time to get to know your manager... not the owner of the company but the actual manager.

Most "newbies" don't get out there and figure it out, they just spend more money on more education hoping to get confidence that way.

Beyond gaining a new vocabulary, any practical knowledge you might want will only be gained after you get the license through spending many hours with seasoned realtors, investors, contractors, etc.

Even if the discount is only 5% you're still talking about $50 for every $1000 you spend, if you're spending $10k a year you'll save a ton.

-Assuming technically and legally you could put such a thing as a nationwide MLS together (a HUGE assumption as MLSs and the NAR would spend big $$$ to crush this initiative), that's as many as 10,000,000 potential consumers of your product EACH YEAR.

Also, I didn’t have to spend so much on tile and carpet, but I wanted to tile most of the houses to avoid further problems.I’m trying to talk my business partner/wife into repeating the process.