By making them produce multiple pieces of information that corroborate who they say you are instead of placing over-reliance on one that can be fraudulently procured."

Code pt. 1450, govern the business of real estate brokerage in Illinois.The Act, as amended, defines a real estate “broker” as an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or registered limited liability partnership other than a real estate salesperson or leasing agent who, whether in person or through any media or technology, for another and for compensation, or with intention or expectation of receiving compensation, either directly or indirectly:(1) Sells, exchanges, purchases, rents, or leases real estate.(2) Offers to sell, exchange, purchase, rent, or lease real estate.(3) Negotiates, offers, attempts, or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental, or leasing of real estate.(4) Lists, offers, attempts, or agrees to list real estate for sale, lease, or exchange.(5) Buys, sells, offers to buy or sell, or otherwise deals in options on real estate or improvements thereon.(6) Supervises the collection, offer, attempt, or agreement to collect rent for the use of real estate.(7) Advertises or represents himself or herself as being engaged in the business of buying, selling, exchanging, renting, or leasing real estate.(8) Assists or directs in procuring or referring of leads or prospects, intended to result in the sale, exchange, lease, or rental of real estate.(9) Assists or directs in the negotiation of any transaction intended to result in the sale, exchange, lease, or rental of real estate.(10) Opens real estate to the public for marketing purposes.(11) Sells, leases, or offers for sale or lease real estate at auction.

Getting a property under contract & actively trying to procure or broker a buyer to assign your contract for an "assignment fee" (An Assignment fee is a Real Estate Commission...End of story.)I too have been very critical of some of these practices as there are some VERY SERIOUS legal issues with these.

Do I need to offer a procurement fee? 

I think they serve some good purposes, but if you're sourcing capital for a certain type of deal you'll probably be better-served procuring capital once the deal is tied up ideally.

Procured my last gallon of semi-gloss, grout sealer and a can of Rust-l-ouem.

A.2 In case of a default, the (XXXYOUXXX) may procure the services from other sources and hold the Vendor/Contractor responsible for all costs occasioned thereby and may immediately cancel the contract. 

I recommend paying them off every month but use them every month.After you take care of recent history and procure future good reporting then I would take care of your older delinquency.  

As for their timeframe to procur a tenants, a lot that time will be dictated on what you buy, where you buy and cost of rent.  

As long as your Realtor or the listing was not the procuring cause of your L/O deal, you should tell your realtor you have decided to rent it and cancel the listing.