How advanced would you want a non-native to be before teaching you Japanese? (For beginners)

I’ve finished MNN 1 and 2 and Genki 1 and 2 and I’ve taught a few of my friends out of the Japanese From Zero textbooks. It was really easy and I didn’t charge them for it or anything. But I think once I get my N3 skills down I want to try to be an actual tutor for beginners, maybe charging like 5 or 10 dollars. I’m just curious for you guys’s opinion. Do you think that would be enough experience to teach the basics for money? Or would you want someone more experienced?

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  1. I think it’s enough to be a study partner (for free), but if I were a beginner again knowing what I know now, I wouldn’t pay anyone below N1 level to teach me the basics. You’re basically being paid to not know Japanese and teach that lack of knowledge to someone who knows even less.

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