In this option your agent would either get paid from you directly in your closing costs OR from the seller via seller concessions.like Russell said, if you are comfortable with the transaction and understand what you are signing and you don't need things explained and you have connections with inspections and title companies then go for it.

I'm located north of Houston, Owned a Real Estate Mortgage company years ago.....

Go search the topic "Lifestyle Asset University" here on Bigger Pockets and you will see a longer thread with a lot of opinions (most are not members) but still worth a read as there are a half a dozen paid members from our group who have commented on that thread.We were formerly called Lifestyle Asset University, but I didn't realize that you couldn't use the word University in your company name here in Utah so we changed our name to Vodyssey. 

See if you can negotiate some selling or moving expenses with the company hiring you. 

I work for Evernest, a full-service PM company, here in Birmingham. 

Also a good pm company will provide a P&L every month.

A person who has spent his 2000 to 4000 minimum CPA practice hours doing foreign currency conversions at Deloitte for a Belgian energy company may not know the first thing about real estate or anything else.

I would start speaking with residential / commercial agents and property management companies close by and get a feeling if something closer by will meet your criteria.

You provide an excel sheet with basic information about the companies and they return all the contact info you could want for about $0.15 per lead.I have not been able to find an equivalent for Canada.

He's got the #1 investor podcast in your area, his property management company is first rate, and he's a great guy.