Yep, the cracks are starting to show...http://www.cnbc.com/id/101354985Margaret Thatcher said it best, "The trouble with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money."

She's engaged and her fiance lives in another state and will be joining her.

Article 25 defines a real estate broker as an individual or an entity, who with intent to collect or receive a fee, compensation, or valuable consideration, sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, provides or offers to provide market analyses, lists or offers or attempts to list, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange or mortgage of real estate, or negotiates for the construction of a building on real estate; who leases or offers or rents or offers for rent real estate or the improvements on the real estate for others, as a whole or partial vocation; who engages in property management as a whole or partial vocation; who sells or offers for sale, buys or offers to buy, leases or offers to lease, or negotiates the purchase or sale or exchange of a business, business opportunity, or the goodwill of an existing business for others; or who, as owner or otherwise, engages in the sale of real estate as a principal vocation."

Try the social security death index.

In an S-corp and in an LLC treated as an S-corp, you only pay the social security and medicare taxes on the salary you are paid by the business.

At best, this agent is incompetent and engages in ongoing marketing because she is unable to retain solid referrals.We can disagree about the nuances of the ARV and financials but anyone that explicity states they would refuse even if "paid by the hour" is not operating from a standpoint of reason.While her underlying contention was the structure guaranteed no income she even rejects the polar opposite.Robert, this isn't unhappiness but rather open hostility.

Reach out and engage and form some solid relationships. 

Looking forward to staying engaged with the BP community

I am just a year into buy/hold investing in this metro region, and so far I find the field to be engaging, challenging, and satisfying.

I have also considered getting my Real Estate license so that I can better understand the industry.I have recently completed and AS in Social Sciences and am taking a break from schooling to focus on my family.