I would take the next 4 months until the wedding to learn as well as enjoy your engagement. 

Again, IMO, the answer to the is it moral question must stand on its own, i.e. because some realtors may engage in activities which produce similar results for sellers is not relevant to the question of whether your actions are moral or not.

I don't know your personal proclivity to being chatty, so I suggest you find a few good questions that engages people to talk about THEIR problems.

Fortunately this thread is much more reasoned than any of its predecessors...at least the ones I have been engaged in.

Commission sales are all upside for the buyers - agreeing on an hourly rate is more of a liability if you get into a scenario where you are having to engage in extensive negotiations, etc?

That said, Iowa defines a real estate broker thus:As used in this chapter, “real estate broker” means a person acting for another for a fee, commission, or other compensation or promise, whether it be for all or part of a person’s time, and who engages directly or indirectly in any of the following acts:1.

The main value to me would be the networking with other Big Dogs, as they condition their Big Dogs to not engage with non-Big Dogs, but it’s not worth $50K to me for the “privilege” of networking with others.Details: The following submission is based on me and my fiancee’s observations and experiences for Phil’s Big Live Event on Dec 1-3, 2017.

Sometimes with those who are the worst of the worst, you do have to cut them loose but not until you at least attempt in engage them and try and turn them around.

The quality of instruction was excellent, and the instructors make the class more engaging than what I've experienced at other schools.  

Keeping tenant counts at manageable levels and leverage to a minimum contribute to peace of mind and diminish what we like to call "forward time liability" - the threat of NEEDING to spend your primordial currency, TIME, to scramble to make more money or to engage in tenant butt-wiping.