How much would you pay?

How much would you pay for a 87 13B long block(alt, p/s, a/c, flywheel, clutch, dist., etc.) that has been sitting in a machine shop for 5 years but could have been sitting even longer than that (it came from an engine recycler). The motor and external components seem like its in good conditon(low miles) though very dusty on the outside. I turned the engine over by hand and I could here the compression stages thru the exhaust manifold (Although, I need to go back and remove the leading plugs to check for 3 even swooshes for each rotor). It doens't have oil in the pan and was filled with ATF when the shop received 5 years ago. The guy who owns the shop and the motor wants $500 for the long-block. Would you pay that much for the motor? I was thinking I would pay a max of 300 for it since it has been sitting so long. How much would you offer for the engine? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/post-1-1047683561.gif)

What is the best route to becoming a rotary mechanic?

What would be the best path to follow to learn how to work on rotaries and get paid for it?

I got bit by the rotary bug last year when I converted a gsl to a gsl-se. It took me a couple of months due to attending high school at the time with minimal help and prior knowledge of rotaries. Completing the swap was probably one of the greatest accomplishments in my life thus far. I'm a 19 year old currently attending the University of Kentucky, but I'm not satisfied with what I'm learning in college. I really want to be working on Mazda rotaries more than anything.

Knowing that rotary engine schools are now nonexistent, are the only ways to get training on rotaries thru being an apprentice of an experience rotary tech or follow the road of trial-and-error of being self taught from the FSM as I've recently experienced?

Would I have to first complete a training program at say UTI or Lincoln Tech in general auto tech and then locate a rotary shop to be trained at? Or am I wrong, does Mazda still have factory training for rotary engines?

Any advice would be a great deal of help. Thanks.