I let her know early on that I'm a deal finder and I partner with builders and contractors so the assignment wouldn't come as a surprise later on (Double closes have been rendered virtually illegal around here).I asked for a few days to try and get a ballpark number on the property and to see if anyone might be interested even though I didn't have much hope.

But once the transaction/deal is done, there is nothing stopping the realtor from paying him money (now out of his pocket) from the commission money they just earned for some service rendered (the outside lead?). 

As low as 7% in my market depending on services rendered. 

He had already paid him in advance for services not rendered and was mad for not getting taught how to buy a property quick enough.Please don't read that wrong, I do believe you are a victim of that scam.

Frankly, getting paid prior to services rendered is a much better situation (for yourself) than having services rendered and trying to collect.

The rendering calls for commercial and residential communities.  

Thanks Curt & Zeke , I used to work in architectural design for my fathers construction company here in Columbus OH, I use Sketchup for quick renderings, layout for my blueprints, and Lumion for my renderings!

Services paid for, not rendered.

Properly structured, such a force majeure clause would render the lease null and void. 

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