He gets commission on the front and back end as the agent.

You should be making commissions off of them, great.There are only 1 or 2 things that you need to do to start investing past 1 house.

Most agents are willing to take whatever the seller is offering, commission has always been negotiable.

I start with thank heavens it's not California where you are not allowed to do anything to preserve your real estate against the ocean also known as the Coastal Commission.

I have the housing commission auto-deposit the rent into my LLC business account.

On the right side under other costs I see the 3% commission for you agent which is fine, but then I see another 3% "seller credit" on the left side.

Second appraisal came in as a c4 and at 240k value (woohoo 15k equity gain).After two extensions, a litany of repairs, issues with the four point and appraisal, I finally closed on the home 3/29/24.I put 5% down, expecting to get an additional 2.5% back from my realtors commission.

That allows you to buy around $630K-$650,000 and now you have two properties.You sell, you keep $279,000 after closing costs and commissions.

Try looking at it a slightly different way with some quick math:$900,000 sales price$22,500 cost of purchase (appraisal, points, lender fees, title fees, etc - 2.5%)$90,000 cost of sale (10% commissions, closing costs, buyer credits)$64,000 carrying costs (6 months at 10%)$25,000 additional carrying costs (6 months taxes, utilities, HOA, misc)$100,000 rehab cost (the number used above)$68,500 profit = $530,000 max allowable offer.Some numbers may be a bit high, others may be a bit low. 

If you do find someone that makes it a practice to front the licensing $, then they will likely keep a big portion of your commissions and they will have you sign an agreement tying you in for a while.