I was thinking about doing a DIY patch job but concerned about the look.

I work a FT sales job (travel to the west coast often for work), got my IL RE license last summer, and want to buy my first investment property in the NW suburbs of Chicago SOON.

It's our job as investors to show both sides of things.

If not try out of state. 10k will take some time but until then keep the day job and don’t do anything crazy.

@Kevin Snow  Good job - and WELCOME!

Planning on doing a massive plumbing, electrical, and remodeling job for a 2 story mixed use building my family owns.

I got my RE license as a means of targeted learning about RE, but being that it was a side endeavor and my main job salary and satisfaction kept improving I never made a full jump into RE agent-hood and hanging my license with a broker.My question as a potential primary residence buyer in new big-builder home purchase, could I hang my license with either a 100% commission brokerage or a broker friend for the transaction to retain the buyer's commission?

I have 5 that I manage remotely with a day job as well as LTRs.

We got a lot of cool stuff, like beaches, nice weather, high paying jobs, etc.

I also do not have a full time job.