Most imply that I am uninformed about buying or selling real estate, and am eager to dump a property at half of Zillow's valuation. 

If that's already been negotiated, then wanting for five years or so (you imply you're just now doing a bankruptcy) for you to buy will throw away the negotiations that have already been done.Houses are nothing but piles of bricks and boards.

I didn't mean to imply that my REI career was over only that it has just begun!

You can learn the best practices from those agents, so you don't have to reinvent the wheel on your own.There is also opportunity for growth I think you will find in no other brokerage, if you want to be an office owner, or a building owner, or a trainer, or a coach, or a tech person, or a convention planner, an investor in an office, or a region, or an international office, and on and on. 

@Kyle Nelson although a genuinely great thought/approach BUT This “trainer”Is obviously running a business and if he’s a good business man there’s no way he’s give you his product on consignment... that would be like going to an enrollment officer at a college and saying “yeah let me try the four years out and if I graduate and make a lot of money after I will pay you for the knowledge I gained, but if I only get a mediocre job, you get nothing ” business is business the “trainer”Is providing a service, either you take it or leave it, the ability to choose is a beautiful thing.

@Steve Hall I really don't think that @Matt Michaelson was calling you out or implying you are a bad person. 

The numbers they are predicting implies they will charging about $0.65/1000 views, 1/3 the rate they quoted me, which would give me $4056/yr.

I'm not looking for "The Perfect Solution in a Package" or any particular teacher, mentor, trainer, or method to follow.

No warranty or guarantee is expressed or implied.

When I sell a property I will always add a provision that the property is being sold as is, with no warranty implied.