Not to mention, if you were to close on an investment property you could basically pay yourself the buyers agent commission. 

I think they offered a 10-15% commission.

Hi @Liz White - I'm sure you've discovered this information already, but I wanted to share it with you in case you haven't seen it (directly from the NC Real Estate Commission):"...requirements for an applicant who holds a current real estate license in another state (or U.S. territory or Canadian jurisdiction) that has been on active status within the previous three (3) years and that is equivalent to NC's provisional or "full" broker license." --- view the requirements here.

If you sell the house there are RE agent commissions and probably capital gains, closing costs and the time it takes.

Find it interesting they always have drama over budget, yet never mention either property taxes or real estate commission.

Of course it’s all commission based but you should be able to make significantly more than now .

It was fixed and just closed on 6/14/18 for $759,000.Breakdown/Deal Numbers:Acquisition Costs (AC): $525,000- Purchase Price: $510,000- Closing Costs: $15,000 (hard money points and fees based on $408,000 loan amount)Rehab Costs (RC): $80,000Monthly Mortgage costs: ($2890 per month for 6 months = $17,340)- Utilities: $600Selling Costs:  2.5% (as a Broker I listed the home myself and saved the other 2.5%) Sales Price (SP)  $759,000 closed 6/14/18- Commissions to Selling Agent: $18,975-Selling costs (property taxes, title, escrow, etc) $8,000Total Net Profit: $109,085 – Taxes & Any Additional Selling Costs- $759,000(SP) - $26,975(SC) - $17,940(HC) - $80,000(RC) - $525,000(AC) = $109,085Before:After:Thank you for reading.

If I buy a house you are getting a commission from the seller or from me".

We recently bought a Fannie Mae property and I was compensated 1% commission as the buyer's agent.What is the right thing to do?  

I do hate the VRBO $499 fee, but if you go with the per-booking model of 15% commission, you've blown through $500 by the time you book about $3300 worth of stays.