Give Aurea "Betty" Larralde a call at Exclusive Home Realty (813) 843 7766.

There are different forms of buyer agency agreement , including a non exclusive agreement in which you can work with more than one agent at a time , this is probably best for the investor.

I invest exclusively here in Canada. 

To understand this gap, I would love to get my hands on a mutually exclusive, completely exhaustive list of activities a realtor does as part of their 3%.

For reference, my clients understand what is happening, and are signing Exclusive Buyer Rep Agreements.

If a new investors constantly pesters about fees, an off market agreement (not exclusive) or something then they probably aren't that serious.

To "soften" or reach a compromised we agreed to ONLY have $30K of the $60K in funds be considered "OPTION CONSIDERATION" funds (giving us the EXCLUSIVE RIGHT to buy the property at the $300K Purchase price) and the OTHER $30K of funds would be STILL be given to them but we informed them that it likely will be consider TAXABLE INCOME to them.  

Since there will be many investors who are not willing to sign an exclusive agreement I suspect we will start seeing realtors rewriting the contract so that they get paid by the hour rather than by commission.Has anyone else experienced this?

Dedicate one checking account and credit card exclusively to real estate.

How much will end up coming out of your pocket will ultimately depend on the coverages and exclusions you have.Good luck.