If you are going to get your license in Virginia I would plan to stay there for a decent bit(5+ years).

I live in the Tyler, TX area, but I hold my mortgage licenses in Pennsylvania and Texas.

Getting a license is like opening your own toy shop.

It is required by the law and the Code of Ethics.2) There is no such thing as not going through your brokerage when you have a license.

I just completed my 20 hour course for my Illinois Mortgage Lending License and the final step is taking the state exam.

You need a license if you're going to manage other people's properties.

I don't see it on the Oregon Real Estate site: https://www.oregon.gov/rea/licensing/Pages/licensing.aspx 

Quote from @Paul Gupta: Hi, in California, For jobs requiring a license, there was CSLB (contractor state licensing board) which would give either a General Contractor license, or specialty licenses by trade (~60 specialties such as concrete, welding tile, ) https://www.cslb.ca.gov/about_us/library/licensing_classific...My Q: does Maryland and DC area have similar requirements? 

I’m a newly licensed real estate agent, but I haven’t chosen a brokerage to hang my license with yet.

Speaking of licensing, are you licensed in NV or found a way around it in nevada as you need to have a brick and mortar.