They offered a Multi-Level Marketing option which they annoyingly over-advertised would pay for the education in no time if I recruited others, but I couldn't shake the fact that if the education was so good then why wouldn't they advertise that with the wealth of knowledge I would be receiving that I could pay for the classes..

Ya I hate hate hate those people selling "secrets" or trying to recruit on here its one of my biggest pet peeves. 

Just a preface, I am a former Accounting & Finance recruiter in NYC and have experience with real estate companies. 

So while it’s more difficult to recruit investors when your projections are conservative, it’s much easier to retain them.  

Short of recruiting Mrs.

This impacts both recruitment and retention.

A pyramid scheme relies on recruiting other people and paying early investors with money from later investors.

We work in several different markets and found it easier to recruit agents in markets like the Midwest rather than the West Coast.

I would also recommend reaching out to someone you know in HR/talent acquisitions/recruiting to help you define your needs and then the pay rate could be discussed.

-side note- I am a member of REAPS and REIA and they aren't paying me to recruit people or whatever.Jeff