After all these years and experience, I formally started a coaching and mentoring company for these exact reasons and the fact that there is much hype on real estate investor training and coaching in this country. 

Taking on formal "representation" as a licensed agent or brokerage comes with all sorts of legal mess.

You should be able to leverage that experience even if you are not getting formal education.However, that being said, if you can put together a Business Plan with all the calculations, especially the IRR over a 10 year holding period, combined with your Commercial RE Experience, that would bring a ton to the table!

I than set out, it took some weeks but I got an advocate who than helped me to get a counsel member onto my cause, which lead to the next, and the next, and pretty soon we had the slimest of majority for counsel votes so we than scheduled and brought our proposal to formal counsel meeting.

Your goals for having a family, for getting an education (formal or informal).

If something doesn't seem to make sense or is too complex,ask for a more simple description, ask for a formal estimate and breakdown of the cost. 

No formal training the only thing that keeps you from doing it is cash and credit and desire. 

The broker said it would be "important" for me to formally counter and put the revised terms in writing. 

This is to say that the Listing Broker will not be allowed to show the formal and unilateral blanket offer of compensation to Buyer's Agent. 

As an example, the highest designation (MPM-Master Property Manager which I have) means that you have to have practical experience (you need 500 unit years- meaning if you managed 100 units, it would take you a minimum of 5 years), education (24 hours minimum of formal classes- or 3 days for this designation) as well as letters of recommendation from clients as well as peers (other MPMs) and you have to invest time in the property management organization be it locally, state-wide or nationally over YEARS.So the designation process, including those that are in their candidacy, takes a lot of effort and you grow through the process in many ways including wisdom (a lot actually)!