Hey guys,If I see a property on the market for a REALLY long time, is there a snowballs chance that I would be able to call the listing agent and just say "Hey buddy, any chance you would let me wholesale that property since you aren't doing anything with it or making a commission on it now anyway?

A commissioned sales job.

Code § 4 - Misprision of felony clearly states "Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both." http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/4 And a licensed real estate broker (or realtor held to a 'higher standard') saying that a client is OO should have enough information through agency relationship to know who is OO vs.

Want to find a brokerage that doesn't charge much even if my commissions are less.

State RE Commissions examine files closed in Brokerages, they also go to closing companies, I believe holding periods are seven years on site, files are thinned out and contracts and HUD-1, title and other docs are sent to repositories by companies, they use to micro-fiche docs, I'm sure someone scans them now, the history of transactions is not hard to discover.

@Kris Haskins We have Historic Commission sign off, and the third floor Building Permit ready to go, now just need to apply for change of use with the Tax Assessors office.

I rented it in 1 day with no commissions signed a 2 year lease for $1400 a month.

At this point, I feel the best way for me to get anywhere would be in selling homes first and taking commission from the sale as a real estate agent.What are your thoughts?

Make sure you let them know that they would collect a 6% commission when working with you because you're an investor.You will also want to send out yellow letters to one or more of the following lists:- Probate, Out-of-State owners, Expired Listings, Tax Suits etc.I can send you a template that I use that will cut your time in half.

I will then look at 65%-70%for a possible offer price.I start with 100% of ARV and subtract 6% commission, 1% for other selling costs, 2% margin for not selling at ARV, and 3% for seller consessions.