When and how do realtors get paid in a wholesale deal?

[James Popp]

Do realtors make their commission based off of the price I negotiated with the seller? Or do they make their commission based off of the price my cash buyer bought it for? If it is the latter, then in my mind I'm thinking that realtors would want to work with wholesalers.

But I keep hearing about this bad stigma between realtors and wholesalers and I'm trying to figure out how I can approach one as an aspiring wholesaler.