If all you're looking for in a RE license is access to the MLS and to lower your transaction costs, it seems way better to just do a deal than to go through the whole licensing process.  

When he returned, the entire wall was gone.)As I do rehabs for clients this has been an educational process...

I bought and remodeled a foreclosure last year as my own home and fell in love with the process. 

Does anyone insight into the process and expenses?

I'm interested in pursuing SFR buy and holds that I can potentially refinance and pull cash out to pay the private lender and then repeat the process.

That way, if they fail to vacate, you are 30 days ahead of the UD process.

The house is now going through the probate process which can take months for her to get the rights to the house again.  

I am trying to partner up with somebody else to do me the legwork would be needed in the future fix and flip transactions i probably will do out of the state when i am absent , including which is the most important thing is to watch the rehab process and contractors progress anybody has an idea how to setup that king of relation and contracting ?

Maybe you can expedite the process by getting bids of your own and sending him quotes for them instead of having him to your homework for you.

I guess it wouldn't hurt to fill out the application and see what they have, might look as a buyer first and not as a broker ;)