And I can't help feeling there's /got/ to be more /information/ out there on Latin and the tricks and quirks of using it, and I'd pay you to tell me what I need to do to figure out where it is.

Yes, there is, and I can recommend some textbooks (although when I taught Latin, I mostly made my own handouts), but do you live in the area? It's almost certainly easier for me to show you the language in person than to try to semi-tutor over the internet.

(I know I said this post was not for the purposes of being offered a job, but I can't walk away from someone who wants help with a dead language.)