@Sam Collins most brokerages will let you do a personal transaction as an exempt transaction, but if you make a business out of it then most likely they will want a cut of the brokerage side. 

@Mark DiRenzo I’m no expert, There is also a thing called Home Equity Investment, where a lender loans you the cash in exchange for a cut of future equity.

If you're contacting the appraiser directly from that website above, that means no appraisal management company taking a cut, so the net proceeds to the appraiser of, say, $450, isn't actually off what the net proceeds would be if you ordered an appraisal through a lender and paid $600.

Pay for a consultation and then the contractor will be obligated to acutally give you a quote in a timely matter.

Agent trading is what we have now, the seller contracts someone to sell the home and gives them a cut.

It was a cute downtown house so there were parks and restaurants nearby which were good selling points.Hit me up if you want to flesh out any of your thoughts.

Myself and a boatload of others would be interested in making sure you was a success if they got that much of a cut.

If I had to put a cut off on a score I would say below 500, but it is really case by case. 

My guess is National Speaker comes in to sell their program and the local guru gets a cut of the club that buys. 

I took some advice from BP podcast and wrote a letter to the bank with our offer introducing ourselves with a cute family photo and telling our brief journey.