Do you believe there is a need for investor friendly agents

[Nicholas Patrick]

Thinking about becoming an angent, but realizing how hard it is to get started.

[Pat McGrath]

its simple...but not easy :)... Well you have some advantages to NOT being an agent, like you can sent "i want to buy your house" w/o having to declare your an agent and generally less rules you have to follow. ANy house you buy or sell you would (or could) have to pay an agent the commission. If you make friends with an agent, that may be a better option there. You also don't get the immersion in markets, connections to others, if you are not an agent, so you have to go create those relationships pretty much on your own (which is possible of course). Being an agent is a more legit/respected profession (most would say outside this site) compared to being a wholesaler, which some see as people who are trying to undermine a sellers ability to sell for max price & therefore maybe seen as a snake oil salesman. Make friends with an agent and then pick their brain, have lunch with them once a week and see if you can form a relationship where you both make money. They supply knowledge and some contacts, and you can direct mail sellers and then pass new MLS sellers/leads onto that agent. Think win-win. Or even "givers gain".