Answer is we had to win a war.

Lawsuits are extremely expensive even if you did nothing wrong and win the case you still pay the lawyer.

Once they text Smith st to 90210 they instantly get a text with the sales price, a link to a virtual tour , pictures of the inside and the Sales agent mobile business card.No more coming to the house to open the door and maybe they like it.

That being said, having my license just so that I can be the agent when close friends/family sell their house (I give them a discounted commission rate and make the process as easy as possible for them so we both win) has been more than worth it for me- potentially an extra $23,000 over the last 18 months!

Learn the rules of their game, compete and win that money game, and remake your world how you think it should be.

Creative ways to Minimize Taxes on Winnings?

That is the trick now: you  won't win on sales comps, so you have to sell the poor condition of the house.As Andrew mentioned, if you follow the BRRRR stratedy, you are buying heavily discounted hopefully and that is the low hanging fruit that you should protest yourself, normally online - present your closing statement and any pics or repair estimate and get it lowered to purchase price.   

And I really don't need an instant streetview.

Then we spent another $100k on site improvements, foundation and all permits and utilities.But now we have a home with instant equity, that looks like a house not a trailer, and is registered as a SFR with the county, same as a site built home. 

This creates a WIN-WIN Situation and gives the Realtor incentive, to work harder on your behalf.