If you are really serious and ready to commit, the Pro Membership is a fantastic value.

Sounds like you are taking substantial action and gave a well-formulated plan.The challenge with real estate clubs is that, like BP, most of the participants are new so you'll need to vet the clubs both for membership and content.

I think some of the ethics requirements that go along with a license and NAR membership would hinder a lot of wholesalers tactics.

I know you want free, but the annual membership is normally nominal, and includes the forms you need, plus support and newsletters and meetings.  

I think this new subscription service I linked for you above, is a great idea, as it would be automatically updated.The owner I worked for had a membership in the local apartment association (SF Bay Area) and I hated their contracts.  

If you don't charge them an application fee, you don't have to give them a copy.I don't know if it would be worth it to you to join at this time, but the owner I worked for paid for a membership to the California Apartment Association.  

Some locales will also have additional fees and charges to pay for schools, medical facilities or other public projects - and sometimes those fees pay for golf club memberships or new personal vehicles for people in county/city government (it's not cool but it happens, and it's perfectly legal in many cases).

Hope to see BP cross the 1 million membership milestone soon!

The seminar was free to us as part of the NVPOA membership from our company.

Their credit union "membership fee" - which sounded better than some fake "relationship," was only $5.00.