(you are a business not an employee anymore) Someone you can shadow or partner with in the beginning?

It certainly won't hurt to become more familiar with the laws and practices, but unless you have a reason for getting licensed your time could be better spent shadowing a mentor or doing actual deals.

I was around 16 when I first calculated my net worth.I shoveled snow (I actually looked forward to a big storm and was up at the crack of dawn with a shovel on my shoulder and wasn't back home until dark), cut grass, raked leaves, etc.). 

I'm willing to fly there if I can get the chance to shadow any Mentors. 

Much of the problem with these transactions and my personal experience was as the ground partner stated in his counter point is communication went from hard to get a hold of to going totally dark for long periods of time..

Agents sell their own properties all the time, no crime there, and no reason to hide in the corner.Welcome to the "dark side".

That is where the Obama "shadow government was...LOL!.

Run bead at all vertical and horizontal corners smoothing out with wet finger, paint ceiling bringing paint down onto walls a bit, then cut right up to ceiling shadow in corners for a perfect no-tape cut line.

Show some initiative, ask how you can help them in exchange for being able to shadow and ask questions.

I place all of this this in the same category as those waiting for the banks to somehow release their entire shadow inventory after the election.