You're building a legitimate business which much like commercial real estate is valued based on none other than cashflow or EBITDA depending on your analysis.

This was more of a blog topic type deal not for forum venue.

Has helped me get some very legitimate leads in my market.

Moonlighting =unpermitted, uninsured side work by unlicensed non tax declaring hacks that undermine legitimate contractors.Ebay = Non UL listed, non warranty materials manufactured in China. 

Not that I am not willing to be enlightened on why you wouldn't get licensed.Neither side is clear cut but the downside you don't see is that as a licensed agent the seller legitimately has an expectation of a fiduciary relationship. 

You don't want to come off as sketch, but legitimate. 

A professional Realtor would not consider spending his valuable time driving a stranger around to view houses all weekend without a loan pre-qualification letter from a legitimate  bank. 

If your goal is to build a real estate portfolio and turn this more into a legitimate business, then leverage and cash flow are your friends. 

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