Commissions are due to an agent/broker being the procuring cause of a sale, there is also a protected period after listings expire.

Code section 1341]:“Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or thing, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.”Denial of Rights of Excessive bail or fines and cruel punishment forbidden.

As far as procuring cause and an active "Exclusive Right to Sell" contract (which is most common) ...

They were able to procure a product from Mohawk that is better than the comparable Allure product, and LESS expensive.

The only way real estate will provide value for you in the hyperinflation scenario will be for you to procure a tenant that can give you a good or service that you need.

hey there, I just talked to them. what they do is essentially apply for credit cards in your name, charge a "procurement fee". very fast talking, urgent urgent, used car salesman conversation. 

Assists or directs in the procuring of prospects, intended to result in the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate.8.

Also, when you invest in turnkey properties with a strong turnkey real estate investment firm, you can often procure a more desirable property within your budget than you would have if you went out on your own.2.)

Real estate broker definitionsAs used in this chapter:(A)"Real estate broker" includes any person, partnership, association, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or corporation, foreign or domestic, who for another, whether pursuant to a power of attorney or otherwise, and who for a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration, or with the intention, or in the expectation, or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration does any of the following:(1)Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases, or negotiates the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(2)Offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of any real estate;(3)Lists, or offers, attempts, or agrees to list, or auctions, or offers, attempts, or agrees to auction, any real estate;(4)Buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate;(5)Operates, manages, or rents, or offers or attempts to operate, manage, or rent, other than as custodian, caretaker, or janitor, any building or portions of buildings to the public as tenants;(6)Advertises or holds self out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting, or leasing real estate;(7)Directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation of any transaction, other than mortgage financing, which does or is calculated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, or renting of any real estate;(8)Is engaged in the business of charging an advance fee or contracting for collection of a fee in connection with any contract whereby the broker undertakes primarily to promote the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate through its listing in a publication issued primarily for such purpose, or for referral of information concerning such real estate to brokers, or both, except that this division does not apply to a publisher of listings or compilations of sales of real estate by their owners;(9)Collects rental information for purposes of referring prospective tenants to rental units or locations of such units and charges the prospective tenants a fee.

Outside of that, there's procurement of houses, rehab of houses, screening of tenants, management of payments & books, evictions, property taxes, managing contractors, and the list goes on.