@John Dellinger,  I don't know about your state but in state of Ohio it would be illegal only if you charge money: then you have to be a licensed broker.Your employees don't have to be licensed to conduct routine work though.

If the location is habitable by humans, then I'm open to invest.My second filter is that I personally need to be able to visit.That means zero Muslim countries because they don't accept Jews, especially Jews who have an Israeli stamp on their passport.The third filter would be that it must be in an area that I can conduct reasonable amounts of research on from my computer, so if there are no English resources for me to research, then the odds of buying are slim to none.I have properties on both coasts of the US, but nothing international yet.

I just filed for my LLC via online and I took that paperwork to The Commission of Revenue to receive my business license to conduct real estate investing strategies such as wholesaling, Rehab, and Fix n Flip in the state of VIRGINIA.

For the bankers out there, the underlying rule is conducting business within "PRUDENT LENDING PRACTICES" (not yelling).Consider it this way, a property is worth what it sells for regardless of what someone says it's worth.

A few reasons why they won't are (1) they'd have to find out, which means they'd have to conduct a title search, (2) their only recourse is to foreclose on you which takes significant time and energy for the bank, and (3) it makes the bank look bad when they foreclose.

In essence lets say you as the buyer find out you can obtain a home for $50,000 and the cost of rehab is $20,000 the loan would go something like this:$50,000= Purchase$20,000= Rehab$10,500= 10% to 20% out of pocket$36,000= Released to GC for rehab this amount is conducted by several things including 6 months PITI$95,500= Loan amount$100,000 after repair valueNote: any money not use in the escrow rehabilitation account will be credited to the principal balance of the original loan.

They try to conduct business only by email.  

Since I am new to this and already have a full time job, I am not entirely sure what I can offer in exchange for some education, but I am pretty handy, can do some free work for you or conduct some research for you, or possibly just share some knowledge as I have been in the home improvement retail market for a number of years and know a fair amount about electrical, plumbing and building products as I have been selling those for about 30 years. 

I don't conduct much business at home but very soon I'll be moving my desk and files from the desk area in our living room to my man cave in the basement as trying to do accounting with 3 little girls bouncing off me isn't easy!

Depends on state laws and how far they carry the requirement of using your money vs. administering other funds to conduct brokerage operations. :)