She put me in touch with her mortgage guy, who I didn't like, but I'm going to get my own mortgage if I need one ( I might buy with cash).I'm also in touch with a wholesale real estate brokerage. 

Good luck with finding a brokerage to hand the license.

These are brokerage activities:A BAR SALEAdvertisingBuyingAppraisingRentingSellingAuctioningLeasingExchangingFOR ANOTHER.

I have multiple mortgages, banking accounts, credit cards, brokerage accounts, crypto currency accounts, crowd funding accounts, employee 401k, self directed ira, employee stock plan administrator, shares in a small-town bank, I feel like I could go forever.

It has been often suggested here and elsewhere to pursue something that keeps a toe in the water of the working world, as it limits the downside risks, and could turn into a fruitful enterprise for post-retirement.At the request of a friend and BP associate, I've been asked to provide expert opinion and electrical analysis on residential properties that are either on the market, or recently sold through his brokerage, as there are many customers who want a deeper look at their electrical system, deeper than what a typical home inspector will do, but they are not ready to ask a contractor to come out and simply give a blank check to 'fix whatever's wrong' (famous last words).

If they sold for less than you offered and that brokerage shows up as the buying and selling agent then you may have a legitimate beef. 

It is only then that I reached out to the seller and only after confirming with my mentor broker that the type of withdrawn listing meant the brokerage had severed ties.

If you're solely looking for a new home construction, maybe a discount broker/agent is not a bad idea.

being a new realtor is tuff and i know if takes a lot to become successful in the brokerage business.

Brokerage fees, to my thinking, are not actually a 'closing cost', depending on which side of the table you are on.