“How come my tenant was awarded my property as compensation after they were injured falling out of a 20 foot tree I told them they had to trim?”

Both things are happening.Buyer agent commission is still negotiated up front with sellers although there is the option not to compensate a buyer's agent - aka have the buyer pay their agent.We also tell buyer's agents to include their commission in the offer.

Here is an excerpt:Important: Compensation offers have been removed from the MLS.

As you pointed out, an attorney want's to know they will get compensated for there work.

Disclosed all fees, compensation and incentives5.

If the property is in a rough part and only rents for 1000 and is harder to manage than a rental that's double that and it's percentage based they gave to be compensated fir the extra work. 

If he talks to a financial advisor, make sure he asks them how they are compensated and whether they are a fiduciary. 

They couldn’t handle the situation, and after months of frustration, I ended up dealing with the tenant directly to collect rent myself.RTR knew they’d messed up and even paid me some money as compensation, asking me not to post anything negative (which I’m clearly not doing).

@Matt Huber I think you know your answer already Direct real estate ownership should compensate you appropriately why else be in the alternative space.  

Lenders have to pay their loan officers through a loan officer compensation plan along with the "Branch bucket".Lenders have offices where the manager has an override and then a P&L so they have to charge more either through points or higher rates.