", so again there will be a clarification disclosure with such, it's required by NAR and by many jurisdictions. 

The market is much softer than the NAR, bankrate, etc bias to keep us from panicking headlines would lead you to believe. 

The exam prep course is inexpensive, but you also have to pay to take the exam, join your local board, join the NAR (if required by your brokerage), etc.

I'm leaning towards on-boarding as a referral agent - no corporate dues and no dues to NAR.

Last with all the money paid to the NAR I'm disappointed the lawyers could not defend what the NAR claimed was a frivolous lawsuit.  

Because when you've sold 75 homes in a single year by yourself (not all that impressive)... you don't need to listen to the nonsense that the unlicensed principals (such as yourself) have to say about your business practices.So long as the State of Arizona, the Federal Government, and the NAR say that Agents can wholesale, then I'm gonna wholesale and rehab, and landlord.  

@Bill Gulley and @Wayne Brooks - surely you meant to write NAR rather than NRA :)

For any of those interested, Congress passed a law to delay the charges and also really helped out (for once) with the outrageous prices increases, check out what the NAR summary here http://www.realtor.org/topics/national-flood-insurance-program-nfip/legislative-analysis. 

Drawing on my two decades of experience in the real estate industry and reflecting on Lawrence Yun's forecast, Chief Economist of the National Association of Realtors (NAR), let's dive into what 2024 has in store for us.Key Predictions for 2024:Significant Increase in Home Sales: Yun anticipates a 15% rise in home sales, suggesting a dynamic and flourishing market.

If you are a licensed real estate agent in your state, and you are part of the NAR (realtor), then apparently you can get comps through a national database which is narrpr(dot)com.