Then to calculate sales, timing and commissions for condo?

When listing a house for sale, most people will ask for a break on the listing side commission.

I am a licensed Realtor, so I am planning on NOT taking a commission and have them lower the purchase price but what other strategies have you guys used in order to buy in this hot Colorado market with a FHA loan and only putting down 3.5%?

If you need 10 contacts to get 1 listing appointment, and 3 appointments to obtain a listing, you'll know that each of the 30 contacts are actually worth 1/30th of your commission. 

You bought it for 200k, you're putting in $180k, after closing costs, commissions, holding costs, etc.

Comparable houses to this house are selling for about 75% of the list price while similar size land plots within a couple of miles have sold for 100% of the list price. even after commissions and whatnot, it looks like a 150% ROI is realistic in just a couple of weeks.

If you don't have the funds to buy rentals, you to get money (active income, day job income) to afford to buy those properties.Many investors choose to make real estate their active income (being a real estate agent, flipping houses, wholesaling properties,...) because those jobs create profits or commissions, meaning the more successful they work the more money they make.

This happens a lot in Southern California and Im trying to understand the dynamics.Broker originally represents seller, and ends up representing both buyer and seller,Broker finds a buyer, but broker is only getting %2 commission, would it be reasonable to also represent the buyer.

For a commission.

Make offers, and give the listing agent "both sides of the commission."