Has the OP hired him to be his exclusive Realtor and signed a contract stating he can only work for him and vice versa?

I rented an office in 04 in Beaverton and the young agent working for Norris Beggs and simpson made a fee to lease it to us.. and I think he found me one more.. he worked his way up.. to now he is senior vice president of financing for NBS  I ran into him at PDX recently on his way for an upper level meeting in NYC  with the big wigs.. wearing a nice suit lookin sharp.. really proud of how he has grown .. not that i had anything to do with it.. but thats what commercial brokerage can do for you.Plus i sold one 5 mil apartment once.. cash ed a 100k commish check i bet i did not put more than 20 to 25 hours into that deal.. 

You may know some stuff that I don't and vice versa.

With only one property your liability is relatively limited (vice having 20 properties) and financing is easier since you can get a regular conventional loan (not necessarily a personal loan). 

You might be the missing link they are looking for and vice versa.  

You may decide it's something you can totally handle, or vice-versa.

What works in san francisco might not work in kansas city & vice versa.

Another approach in a declining market is to keep buying better and better deals on the market downturn.Typically, the better the cash flow, the lower the appreciation and vice versa.

Vice versa, if buyer has bad credit but are good people who happen to be in bad luck, they will do whatever it takes to pay you off.

Landlords would love to push these fees onto tenants, and vice-versa.But given that so many tenants make payments a bit late, would you be willing to have a more steady cash flow for a 3% charge?