I have to admit, the first time reading this after your post, I was confused and didnt understand a word. But now that I started doing some actual work at the office I'm starting to get the drift now, and came back to this thread at 5 in the morning to re-read it.
I'm actually a bit more curious about the real estate license theory. At the office I work at, you actually receive a little more commission given that you have a real estate license. Now I may not be that experienced to know when and where a real estate license might come in handy, so if you can point out and example that would help clarify it a lot, as well as how it could be worse.