My understanding is that if the buyer signed a brokerage agreement with an agent, and a sale transpired (regardless of whether the property was or wasn't listed on MLS), then that agent is entitled to a commission.

The fact that a lender funds the transaction for the buyer and the Realtor is then paid the commission (which is usually more than the 1% stipulated in RESPA) a benefit has transpired and is gained by the Realtor.

Hello everyone, I am an investor in Massachusetts targeting probate properties in the Bristol, Norfolk, Plymouth and Suffolk Counties.I’m looking for knowledgeable and experienced licensed real estate professionals in these areas to both list my properties with and also when the situation arises refer homeowners or Estate Executors/Personal Representatives to them that are interested in listing their properties traditionally.I am not looking for referral fees of any kind and my only request is a simple one:An email of your market’s history (as far back as possible for your given market area), followed by a scheduled weekly auto-email market update with all of the activity that transpired during the previous 7 days including the following criteria: (active, active with no showing, pending, temporarily off market, settled, expired, expired then relisted, withdrawn, and withdrawn)I look forward to hearing from those interested in the possibility of building a business relationship, either through this post or a private message.Dan Dwyer

Erica, I am interested in watching what transpires with this as well.

What is not mentioned here is what had to transpire to get to these 2 sisters.

I'll copy some names on here of people I know who are interested, but everyone who is interested chime in and invite your friends and we'll see what transpires.

The resources are there after a deal has been turned down and hopefully what has transpired is that the new investor will have learned from submitting a  deal that didn't qualify and refine their search. 

I wanted to share a brief update on what has transpired since then.

It’s been some time since my last conversation starter and a lot has transpired since then.

I do have a bit of concern over what has been transpiring politically/crime in MX right now so I would make sure to take your time and research that piece right now.