If you kinda watch how they operate, you start to learn through osmosis.  :-)

Its worth looking into, don't just drop them like hot potatoes.  

Just trying to double check the numbers .. my LO said around 5k.. no realtor fees since I will sell on my own  LOs do not work with sellers as part of our day-jobs, so we aren't the experts to ask, aside from anything we might have learned from personally selling homes, or of course via osmosis. :)

You'll need to notify your insurance company your renting and not living in house. if you don't and have a issue your insurance company will drop you like a hot potato. 

I have the technical info that I'll need for now, the meat/potatoes of lead generating, tracking etc.

You simply give the meat and potatoes and I like it like that.Cheers

My meat and potatoes consists of direct mail which is nothing new and around before my time, I find this yields me the best and most leads.

. $7,000 isn't small potatoes to most people, but attorneys should be able to work with you while you pay it back to them. 

I look for agents who are not on one of those big teams because you'll likely get passed around like a hot potato.

I know your situation might be a hot potato but at least it will be worth it in the end, harder and challenging jobs usually get higher payouts than most typical.