Real estate agent investors

[Mike Rosback]

Last fall I ended a long career in IT and decided to push ahead with full-time real estate sales and investing.  I have been a licensed agent since 2009 but much of that time was as a referral agent and I've had little time to do any real estate as I was working full-time in IT. That chapter has now closed.

Looking forward to 2020 being a new chapter as a full-time agent and investor.

Looking for advice on how real estate agents are handling the job of being both an agent and an investor.   On one hand you may simply be acting as an agent for a client. On the other hand you may be involved directly or indirectly in a deal.  How do you handle those deals as an agent with partners and also with your brokerage?   

One question is - Do you still take your commission since if your brokerage is involved they will want their portion.  Lots more possible questions on this subject.  Looking for all possible pitfalls and successes.  I like win-win situations.