You must be ethical to have long term success.

If you have a thirst for knowledge, have a strong desire, good work ethic, and know that you will and should always be learning, you will make it.Oh, btw, I hold a masters degree.

Whether this is fair and ethical to the listing agent is a matter that the seller and agent need to discuss.

It also should have included any commission if there was no Buyer's Agreement providing commissions being paid by the buyer.The "Net Listing" is a violation in all states and an ethics violation under the National Board of Realtors.In RE in all states, the Statute of Frauds is applicable, this requires that all contracts dealing in real property be in writing to be enforceable, that applies to purchase contracts and agency contracts.

It is not clear what your lease paperwork says about such things but on the ethical side, I would venture to say that if they have not damaged the property give them their security deposit back in the normal course of terminating their lease.

To be certified they had to pass a battery of tests and have a code of ethics to follow.Paul

Listen, we all know you are sure that you are way smarter and have a much better work ethic than any realtor in FL.   

Having a license exposes you to ethics through the state which you are not bound to as buyer or seller or employee of a company who owns, buys, leases, or sells.

These are some of the types of questions that will help you determine what stage of motivation (read: desperation) your seller is in, and whether they've really thought through what their options are...It's what you do here that starts to differentiate the ethical wholesaler from everyone else.

He will learn just as good a work ethic learning to deal with teachers and homework as he will bosses and work tasks.