Does anyone know if I can avoid a realtor and go directly to a mortgage broker to procure the land and get the loan. 4.)

Errors & Omissions Insurance (which, per my research, is sort of malpractice insurance that the agent and agency need to procure)Are these charges common in Charlotte?

., is defined to be a person, firm or corporation who, for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or by reason of a promise or reasonable expectation thereof, lists for sale, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of real estate or an interest therein, or collects or offers or attempts to collect rent for the use of real estate or solicits for prospective purchasers or assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or closing of any transaction which does or is contemplated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, renting or auctioning of any real estate or negotiates, or offers or attempts or agrees to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by mortgage or other encumbrance upon or transfer of any real estate for others, or any person who, for pecuniary gain or expectation of pecuniary gain conducts a public or private competitive sale of lands or any interest in lands.

Procurement/Vendor relations

Yes, lenders dont care HOW to procure the property - agent or no agent - as long as the seller has clean and clear title and is the actual person who can convey that property.

My goals are to limit liability and to minimize tax responsibility, although the latter I realize deserves its own thread.Last, as it stands now, I'm very hands-on with property procurement, renovation, and management, which is to say, all my tenants know me. 

Sawala agree to show the property to prospective home buyers and once a ready, willing and able buyer has been procured, I will sell the property to that party & Mr.

You maintain power to record that deed at any time, but meanwhile allow the borrower to procure insurance.

I haven't got to the negotiation stages yet but am getting close and would like to have my stategy in place before the haggling starts.I reckon, not based on anything other than what I see as logic, that if I can procure the B&B, I can get some good people to either live in or live out and manage the place while I live my other life.In the mean time i can be strategist, marketeer and facilitator.Need someone who has done it to tell me it really can work though and what the down sides are.Thanks for all the help folks.Robin

J Scott I would just get it under contract and then assign it but I'm not certain I'd be able to procure an end-buyer before years end.