I think they're probably paid part of the signup fee.

Collect your fee when the transaction closes.5. 

They don't allow auto payments or automatically add late fees, and tenants would have the option to pull their payment back, which is not ideal.

I have a non-residential commercial mastermind and the fee started at $2500 in season 1. 

More likely, he is hoping to use the extra time to collect more rents and thus more fees to generate the funds to pay his owner clients:(

As far as whether to approach them with or without an agent - approaching them directly without an agent can save the seller probably 2.5-3% of fees, which give you some room to negotiate on the price, but you need to be confident that you are capable of evaluating the property value, estimating on the amount of work that is needed, knowing how to negotiate/ structure the deal, and navigating the closing process.

Would the investor have to use an assignment contract between him and new end buyer to collect the mark-up fee aka assignment fee at closing?

At 18, start with wholesaling to find off-market deals and earn fees without capital.

I would push for very low or no money down but having a Realtor that needs to have their fee paid it may still not work.Look up the owner if possible through truepeoplesearch.com and call them up directly.

This is my first time buying a home and let’s just say I learned a lot about these fees.