Also my brother was a procurement specialist for the Air Force and we discussed.  

Someone upthread mentioned that Branson has had STRs longer than the booking channels have been around, and that illustrates a point related to this: in the olden days, when you'd look up a vacation rental in the classifieds, people were more tolerant of the idea that they were sort of borrowing someone else's house and things might not be completely perfect and they'd have to procure their own supplies, but these days, the booking channels have created almost hotel-like expectations.

@Alex Martin a dual agent is never equally agent to both sides especially when their interests are clashed.From your story updates, I guess the agent never signed the exclusive right to sell agreement but rather exclusive Agency (he gets the comissions only if he procures the buyer).

The general fee for procuring a tenant depends upon the type of property.Typically, for commercial properties a syndicator could charge 5% to 10% of the lease amount and in residential anywhere from the first weeks rent to the first months rent amount (or more).Property Management: in order to ensure that the property is being managed and operated efficiently, you want to hire a property management company.

As 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. http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/4735 Originally posted by K.

Procure reasonable amounts of heat, hot water, running water, electric, gas or other essential service during the period of the landlord's noncompliance and deduct their actual and reasonable cost from the rent;  (this does not apply) or...3.

In the last hour, we discussed Three giving One & Two 30 days to accept the offer & start making moves to procure financing to afford Three's share.

the online apps I filled out only added me to their email list and I have yet to talk to anyone about procuring financing. 

With that out of the way, I agree with you that a 1% procurement rate may be part of a viable (though time-consuming) strategy.

Have you procured a demolition permit?