He was screwed.

Did I screw up by telling them I wanted to buy another property?

If it's an old wood window that can't be replaced or blocked super easily, you could always go down to the studs from the inside, put a piece of treated plywood (painted black) over the window itself, and screw that into place so that it's flush with the studs.  

Find property in a good location, at a good price, and at a good point in the real estate and business cycle, with the most leverage you can get, ie. the lowest down payment are some of the keys to success, whether its residential real estate or commercial.and don't beat yourself up when you screw up, which you of course will, many times.

What concerns me is the underwriters of your new conforming loan will see the brand new HELOC which is also supposed to be on your primary residence and it will screw your loan up on the house you really need at the last minute.

So the banks who are in second position are cognizant to this and are getting totally screwed when this happens.2. and even more important is the homeowner who lost the home.. if they have no junior liens they are due the overage..

You think he's in the public eye, and can't afford to screw people.  

I don't change anything because I don't want to screw up their system that so far has done a good job of keeping me out of trouble with the IRS haha 

Dumb***** are now one less positive reference on their record and won't be getting further rental assistance from one of their only options because they didn't leave the property clean and lost security deposit.Moral of the story... screw sob stories.

By making the commission system a free-for-all, what will happen is that lots of people are going to be out on a wire unless they're willing to pay substantially more commission for services - there will be a whole lot less realtors, good ones will command higher commissions, and cheap bastards - both sellers and buyers - will get their comeuppance in the form of lost sales, screwed up paperwork, undisclosed defects, etc.