I’m located in North Texas and would like to obtain my real estate license. Just looking for any advice anyone has.

I work as a cashier and the store I work for requires that I write the license number and phone number of all customers on their check in order to process it to avoid check fraud. Some customers lately have been refusing to do this saying that it is against the law for me to write their license or phone number down. What is the law in this subject?

I am looking to get an auto dealer’s license in Illinois. I have heard that you need to have a lot, is there any way around this? In the past I worked under a used car dealer as a salesperson and was able to go to dealer auctions and buy and sell just as if I was a dealer. I paid the dealer for each unit I sold. This would probably be the easiest way to go, but I can’t seem to find anyone willing to let me do that through them. Any ideas?