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Wholesaling as an Agent

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hi,

I've been wholesaling properties for a while as well as doing flips. I recently got my sales person's license because I thought it might help broaden my horizons. I'm looking for a cheap light-weight brokerage to hang my license with. I don't want to pay any monthly fees because I already have enough of my own tools and leads and don't want to sit in an office or be on a team. One online brokerage I was looking at seemed pretty chill. They only charged a flat fee with 100% commission split however when I looked in the terms of their contract they had a 5k penalty charge for any real estate related compensation I receive without reporting to the broker. I emailed them about that and the answer was basically if I get paid for doing anything real estate related, especially if its buying investment property, I need to report it unless I'm the principal and in that case I need to be represented by another agent(?). They also said as a licensee I need to report to the seller if I plan on wholesaling their house as per the DRE regulations and realtors code of ethics. This all sounds like ******** to me. Does anyone know if these requirements to report all my real estate doings to the broker are universal? Any suggestions for how to activate my license without dealing with this? I'm looking for answers from like-minded individuals only who, like me, got into this business because they don't like being told what to do by ********. If you are a butthurt agent or other chronically self righteous pseudo moralist scum (I have encountered far too many on this forum) please don't bother replying. 

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Steve Morris
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Steve Morris
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"the answer was basically if I get paid for doing anything real estate related, especially if its buying investment property, I need to report it unless I'm the principal"

Umm, you do realize your principal broker's a$$ is on the line if you do some BS stuff right - Even if you hide it from them?

"If you are a butthurt agent or other chronically self righteous pseudo moralist scum (I have encountered far too many on this forum) please don't bother replying."

Yeah, with your skills and positive attitude you should have no trouble finding a place to work at. :)

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