@John Stone if your agent was the procuring cause then they are entitled to the commission.

The more properties you procure the more you both will become comfortable in your roles.

What I can offer to you: I have problem-solving and financial skills: I have an engineering degree and an MBA in finance.I have 12 years’ experience in Procurement for Fortune 100 companies, covering the range from tactical purchasing through complex contract negotiation for all kinds of goods and services.I can help to find deals: You probably have an established process to scour for deals but need someone with the time to do it.

I also found the following statement in the contract which they are arguing states the current agent will get commission as long as the current renter is in the property: "Agent shall receive commision for the unexpired term, or renewals therof, of any Lease made by Agent and/or Owner during the Term of this Agreement and shall receive such commission for as long as any such tenants(s) procured by Agent remains in the property.

One of the most difficult aspects of this job is procuring leads.

If it's exclusive, they may need to get paid no matter who the procuring cause for the sale.

Seller is free to go procure those services independently but many people dont know how or why or where to start so they just dont.At any rate that is what I was looking for concrete examples of wholesale deals because I'm trying to understand the size and specifics of an overall market.It sounds like wholesaling is just part of the overall transactional market, the niche is that the property isn't general market ready for a multitude of reasons.I'm not encouraging it.

Well, there IS a difference between showing a property to someone and being the procuring cause.  

When we received feedback that your daughter wasn't satisfied with our efforts to help her with her problem, we offered to offset her cost to procure her own equipment, despite not being required to do so.I can certainly understand why a student (or anyone for that matter) would want all of their devices to work.

I would say the average is typically 10% and first months rent for tenant procurement.