If the agent is the procuring cause of a sale they are entitled to a commission.

Should I? Tenant

It enables the finders to have steady money and incentive to get you bulk properties, and it would probably save you in the long run if you plan on doing multiple purchases. 

As long as it is not a homeowner loan, you can negotiate a fee for helping an investor procure a loan.

Leasing, renting, listing, procuring prospects, negotiating, or offering to perform any of those acts on a property you do not own, may require a license in the State of Kentucky.

Okay, wait for the listing to expire, since the owner approached you the Realtor isn't the procuring cause of any future sale because if he had been he'd still be entitled to a commission for a number of days beyond expiration of the listing.Get an option, sell the option to your buyer, collect an option fee, do not pas GO!

This is perfectly legal in states around here, as my RE agent has become the "procuring cause"  there for he is entitle for a commission.         

I am thinking if I can procure it I can perhaps rent it or lease option it till the market picks up.

That would only mean that if you closed on a property where she had been the procuring cause (ie showed you the house), then she would still be entitled to a commission for up to 3 ms after your contract expired on THAT house.

Jason, The benchmark in Pinellas/Hillsborough, etc. is right around 10% per anti-trust laws, there is not, nor will there ever be a "standard".Our fees are a $250 advertising fee to procure a tenant, a $100 document fee to sign a lease, and 10% of what we collect with a $75/mo. minimum (i.e. if you have a $500/mo. property, it's flat $75 when we collect.