Now if you are licensed and a REALTOR you have to look at Ethics in the deal.If you are simply licensed by the real estate commission then ETHICS do not come into play.Meaning they can't file an ethics complaint with your local board where your license might be subject to a sanction.Investors say not to get a license because license agents are held to a higher standard as they are trained inc contract where as investors like to play dumb.Having a license helps because I get insider deals and contacts of properties hitting the market.I can also check my MLS with updates by the second on when a new property hits.So for me as a broker owner I enjoy having the license.

Outsource the sales calls to virtual assistants you train.

You also don't have the backing of the broker organizations to help train you and support you when you have questions.

It was a bit far as it was in Culver City but we plan to go again to their Meeting/training this Saturday with Wendy Patton. they charge $49 for this Saturdays training unless your a member.

If nothing, because they haven't been trained or never got a pre-sale inspection, I'll let it go.

You put this in commercial real estate topic.This designations are more residential in nature.If you want to start learning commercial go after the CCIM as a start.When you decide what asset class you enjoy and want to specialize in (retail,land development,hotels,office,industrial,multifamily,etc.) then you can get additional training from organizations that only handle those fields.

Just to give the rest of this story (in case anyone was thinking of trying this) - the guy lost the house and there are people being prosecuted for trying this stunt.From the AP:FLOWER MOUND, Texas (AP) — After paying $16 to file a one-page claim to an empty, $340,000 home in an upscale Dallas suburb, Kenneth Robinson moved in furniture, hung a "No Trespassing" sign in the front window and invited television cameras inside for a tour.He quickly turned into something of a local celebrity, creating a website, http://16dollarhouse.com , where he sold an e-book and offered training sessions for would-be squatters.

As an animal lover and specifically a dog love, I have learned that the pit bull's agressiveness is trained into them and that agressiveness is no worse than a German Shephard or Chow.On the other side of the coin, you are running a business to make money.

Two BP members from my area who are with companies that do what you stated:http://www.biggerpockets.com/users/DaveVanHornhttp://www.biggerpockets.com/users/RobHThe first member listed trained the folks at the company in that second link.

Saw where a company came back to the US because Chinese wages are increasing and the desperate US state gave great concessions, plus the govt trained the workers.