It doesn't have to be a brokerage that just works with buyers only, but you want someone required by law to be on your side of the agency issue.

Could be just brokerage.

If he likes you, and likes doing business with locals, one thing I see is for you to start a holding and brokerage.

There might also be a local office brokerage there that would give you free data in return for possible business.The data from Costar is not cheap.

A friend runs a brokerage here, assets are bonded to a hundred million, you just can't break that down to 10K!

I'm interviewing with a Re/Max Brokerage owner on Monday.

I've heard that some brokerages will pay for the fee ($450).

The CFP probably wouldn't be nearly as important unless you need someone handling your brokerage needs (Most push stocks/mutual funds anyway).You want opposing opinions.

A brokerage?

The others are generally related to not performing a specific due diligence item before purchasing that hurts you later on.For me with my highest ROI I have not come across anything that touches my business model of my commercial brokerage.