So I have a friend with a beautiful newly renovated home that they have outgrown and looking to sell...I do not have a license and they don’t want to pay a listing agent fee if they can avoid it..

I’m currently taking classes to attain my real estate sales license, and am also interested in jumping into the investment side.

@Andrew Johnson the subhect you broght up is very interesting, I am guessing that this firm wants to establish long term relationship with investors.

Unless of course you have some amazing partnership written agreement that had took all little details in consideration and you know for sure that you getting $24,000 returned to you no matter what happens.Her RE license is not at risk because it's a business transaction with you in partnership and business goes bad sometimes. 

While some agents are licensed in more than one state, many aren’t.

The homes are then licensed to the LLC for property management.

I am currently looking for another deal for 2018 and I also recently got my real estate license.

Drywall, paint, tiling, trim, and that's about all I want to handle haha.I need to establish a good set of contractors, I so far only have "family & friends," not bonded, so a potential liability...

A licensed hauler.

I'm a first time investor and would like to "house hack," so I can establish residence there and at least cover the mortgage with the other rooms.The real questions that I don't know how to answer are the due to the fact that I'm a 1099 and have been for years.