If you can spare a few hundred for a website then you will make this road a little easier, but if you cant then think about doing the following..Attend Real Estate MeetupCall every broker in the cityNetwork with unlimited Realtors  If you stay consistent you will get the traction you need to market to. 

I ended up getting a mentor 12 months later because I was not getting the traction I personally wanted. 

Your long rant is clearly not gaining the traction you wanted because everyone else understands how paid programming works.

It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion." 

Just need to take into calculations the furniture cost and some slightly lower rents for the first month or two while your listing gains traction. 

Administration is a pain, even with just a few devices.

I am sure that helped them see it was already getting some traction plus it was a success story like this so they featured it.

They allowed me 6 months & did it all myself.But then again I remember our final exams forbade the use of calculators, slide rules were the only device allowed as were card punched software solutions in our lab finals. 

I have been actively buying/selling/renting deliberately for the last 7 years and the more traction I make the more reserves I net.

Like others have said, too many senators have too much to lose by eliminating the exchange for this to gain any traction.