Therefore, a person who provides assistance on a real estate transaction to a friend or relative, without compensation, does not need a license" at  http://www.idfpr.com/faq/dpr/realestatefaqs.pdf which is why I was thinking of including it.As my compensation from this transaction would solely be coming from the sale of the trust to the end tenant buyer, I presumed that I would be able to avoid the license.Thank you again for your time and comments, My goal is to get feedback from people who do this on a successful basis so that I can put myself in a position to mimic their success.Cheers,Rob

Someone who finds loopholes to avoid/defer ordinary income tax.

Devon Garbus how can I avoid doing that?

Wholesalers try to avoid being "unlicensed brokers" by becoming a principal in the transaction.  

Would you bump the down payment up to avoid this?

Following Robert's premise of avoiding doodads helps to keep positive cash flows and have some money set aside for investments. 

A vendee in default may, prior to the expiration of the thirty-day period, avoid the forfeiture of his interest under the contract by making all payments currently due under the contract and by paying any fees or charges for which he is liable under the contract.

There is an article about interviewing Cash Buyers first, saving your direct mail marketing money, and knowing exactly what they want, where they want it, and how much they will pay.Interviewing Cash Buyers I think is a great way to "AVOID direct mail hit and miss" and "getting the deal first and cash will come" is not always true.Finding people that bought all cash with custodians I think is a great idea.Custodians are companies that structure paperwork for self directed iras.See http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3/blog_posts/40...

There are some that we will simply avoid.

Also, some of the public schools are picking up, so the families want to move into the district to avoid the private school prices we all love.