Looking for Investor-Friendly Agents in North and South Carolina

[Cornelius Garland]

Hello BP community!

Crazy to think this is my first forum post. I usually just comment on other investors' posts on here so hopefully this reaches the right people. I'm currently marketing to several cities for my wholesale company. We're actively cold calling about 10k absentee high equity homeowners, and we're adding 10k more in November.

I want to start placing the properties we get under contract on the MLS, and I also want to refer the retail leads to agents or brokers. We have a ton of leads that want retail, but they're too far apart for our cash offers. I already am referring them to an agent here in Charleston, but I need realtors in my other markets.

So this is what I need: an agent or broker that's willing to place the properties on the MLS without the agent having a listing agreement with the seller. Essentially, our contract will be good enough to list the property on the MLS. In our contract, there's a clause that states "the buyer has the right to market the property in any way, including but not limited to, placing the property on the MLS with a licensed broker or agent, Zillow, Craigslist, and similar house-buying websites." Our last deal in Charleston came from a realtor who had a cash buyer and they snagged it up quickly and didn't try to negotiate our purchase price. Also, it's becoming a bit difficult to manage the transactions virtually so an agent will help out. We'll pay the 3% commission out of our wholesale fee, or the agent can add it to our marketed price. For instance, if the deal is under contract for $35,000 and we're marketing it for $47,000, the agent can market the deal to their buyers and on the MLS for $48,410.

We're currently looking for realtors in Greensboro NC, Durham NC, Winston Salem, NC, Columbia SC, Greenville SC, and Spartanburg SC. If anybody in Charleston SC is interested please let me know. I'm able to meet with you.

I realize this is a specific request, and a lot of agents will debate the legality of this. However, I know this is possible and want to find the agents that are willing to work with us. I'm not here to waste anyone's time, and I have a potential deal in Greensboro so I'd need to get the ball rolling soon.