I have been working sales for about 6 months now, and cannot count my commission towards a mortgage for 2 years.

Also would be interested to know how others managing their own real estate transactions have handled their real estate commission when partnering with others?  

So I closed on on the property last Friday and discovered in my closing  disclosure I was going  to PAY for Title Insurance,  Settlement fee, title search fees and lean search fee which racked up about another 1k on top of my 15k of commissions. when I questioned why I was paying this my realtor said it that is this was normal practice for the seller to pay this??

@Jennifer Moore and @Jorge De Jesus You both have asked great questions that are best answered by your state's Real Estate Commission or at the very least an experienced RE attorney in your area. 

There are many out there and I suppose some  owners are happy to  make  8 to 10K a year after  expenses and utilizing  the home for their personal vacations, but the investors getting 10%+ seem to be splitting it- one company does just the bookings for roughly 15% Commission (per night or per stay) and property manager does just Property Management.

There have been a few discussions in the past regarding small flat-annual fee and transaction-fee only brokers out there, but I'm thinking through a scenario where, I, as the investor using my own cash, I wouldn't be paying commissions to myself, which means I would completely dodge the transaction fees and would only be subject to paying the annual fee of around $200.

If yes - Register the LLC with the MA department of RevenueYou need to research if collecting commissions from landlords is subject to sales tax.

Seems like the agent may be more concerned with getting a larger commission than giving you a fair price and a chance to show your perspective with the seller.

Besides VRBO/Homeaway, Airbnb & TripAdvisor (which all charge the guest a commission or service fee) I listed my properties on:United Vacation Rentals (0 inquiries/bookings)HomeEscape (a few inquiries, 0 bookings)Florida Rentals by Owner (a few inquiries, 0 bookings, but a nice shout-out for our Beach Escape property in a blog article)Emerald Coast by Owners (8 bookings so far this year, a pleasant surprise)Vacationstayz (0 inquiries/bookings)Tripz.com (2 inquiries/0 bookings)CO Vacation Homes: (0 inquiries/bookings)Overall, it seems that travelers have taken the service fee in stride. 

We got a call that day from him saying he has an offer, and he wrote up an agreement with a 3% commission supposedly paid by buyer *yet I have to sign this commission that seller is responsible.