Investment Specialist Agent, Brokerage and/or TeamUsing an agent in the investment niche’ can have a large impact on the level of service, expertise and overall quality of investment you land.

Some brokerages will charge a flat fee and others will take a percentage (70/30 seems to be the norm).

While my full time profession is in the securities brokerage industry, I have been working on the side as an amateur RE investor. 

We are an investor friendly HUD Brokerage in Central Florida.If there is any way we can assist, just ask...

My brokerage do not split commission with agents doing their own personal deals...they keep 100%.

If that's the case and the eventual tenant issues the rent check directly to the owner and the owner then issues the commission to our Brokerage, would we have to 1099 that owner? 

You have to get a german real estate license to find a brokerage and work closely together with a German notary (title company)Please PM me if you have any detailed questions I'm a licensed RE broker in NC/SC and Germany

If this is for investing purposes a flat fee or 100% commission brokerage is the way to go.

Recent events at my current job have led me to trying to learn more about getting my Real Estate license so that, if my income disappears, I could potentially gain income by being a Real Estate Agent (working with an investor-friendly Brokerage, of course) and learn more about the ins and outs of Real Estate through hands on experience. 

Just because San Jose has done well before, may not mean it will later.Ryan,At the age of 16, I'm really curious which brokerage did you open your stock account with?