Andrea there are a few ways of looking at this... some will tell you the other is a glorified lead source that you are paying 50% profits to.. i view it more as if you dont have other deals going on that make you more then the 50% you are going to make working leads provided then you are in a great spot. if you have a job working for someone else you already trade your time for money... so why not do it when it is something more lucrative.      

I want to pickup another house closer to work that is around 600k, but I do not have to, I can just get another rental outside my area in that strategy.

Basically selling and marketing houses you don't own or have title to. I

Personally I think there is a lot of hype about subject to. I

      @John Anderson            The anonymity I am referring to is not legal anonymity but personal anonymity.

The buyer could have bid more at auction if they wanted to.  I

The reality is in the LOI and or the purchase and sale agreement if there is language that says if this documents language conflicts with any other previously signed documents than it shall control that will supersede whatever CA was signed beforehand.So the reality is if the listing broker wants to close and the seller wants to sell they will play nice and agree to the fees.Now the other language for example: Prospective Buyer shall indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless each Owner and Agent from any claim or demand by any person or entity entitled to receive from Prospective Buyer and/or Registered Broker or for its account any brokerage commission or finder’s fee in connection with this Agreement or any possible transaction,What this usually applies to is someone in a daisy chain coming in an claiming a fee for doing nothing trying to junk up a transaction.

the best gift I give the investors we loan money to is the ability to say ...Thank you for doing business with us....now here is a gift of a resource that will blow your mind...You need to be a part of this site...   

 OK so I recently completed the real estate PMP class and have taken and passed the licensing test now I'm debating on brokerage to go to I am from the Wyndham area and thinking about either Berkshire Hathaway or Partner Network,  and also because of where I live debating on whether to join ECAR or GHAR.  

What I think I'm going to is attach this addendum I found online that specifies I'll be sub-metering the two units using option (b) formula based allocation:"If a Utility Bill is sent, each Utility Bill shall be based on either (a) an estimated or actual reading of the sub meter for Resident’s Unit, OR (b) the previous month’s actual bills for the Utilities for the Property allocated to Resident pursuant to an allocation formula based, in whole or in part, upon at least one or more of the following components: the number of Units at the Property, the number of occupied Units at the Property, the square footage of the Unit, the number of occupants in the Unit, and the number of bathrooms in the Unit.