I would imagine some sellers merely say no to such wording. 

If you have merely replaced your W2 you are now at break even and won't be able to build wealth as fast as if you were net positive cash flow.

In similar fashion, consider the impact of California’s Proposition 47 that in effect legalizes stealing up to $950:https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-prop-47-shoplifting-theft-crime-statewidehttps://www.laadda.com/lies-behind-selling-prop-47-57/https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-prop47-anniversary-20151106-story.htmlAnd yes, The Gray Lady herself will vehemently disagree:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/21/us/california-incarceration-reduction-penalties.htmlWhat I find sanctimonious is the bold, unapologetic attitude of the Oakland City Council to pass a law that merely appears good, kind, and compassionate (so as to fool and maybe even humiliate the opposition into silence) but in practice erodes away at a vital foundations designed to keep their city safe and strong.

The contract would not have to say anything about your commission (or credit for it) as it would have to be zero.This is merely my opinion but I believe it's correct.

See the items below (sorry copy and paste seems to have colored text in a weird way I can't fix):https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_dis...Noted at: 17708.03."...activities of a foreign limited liability company that do not constitute transacting intrastate business in this state include all of the following:(1) Maintaining or defending any action or suit or any administrative or arbitration proceeding, or effecting the settlement of those, or the settlement of claims or disputes.(2) Carrying on any activity concerning its internal affairs, including holding meetings of its members or managers.(3) Maintaining accounts in financial institutions.(4) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the limited liability company’s own securities or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities.(5) Selling through independent contractors.(6) Soliciting or procuring orders, whether by mail or electronic means or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.(7) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, evidences of indebtedness, mortgages, liens, or security interests in real or personal property.(8) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or other security interests in property securing the debts and holding, protecting, or maintaining property so acquired.(9) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 180 days and is not in the course of a number of repeated transactions of a like nature.(10) Transacting business in interstate commerce.It also states in the section following the above excluded items:(c) Without excluding other activities that may not be considered to be transacting intrastate business in this state within the meaning of this article, a foreign limited liability company shall not be considered to be transacting intrastate business in this state merely because its subsidiary transacts intrastate business in this state, or merely because of its status as any one or more of the following:(1) A shareholder of a domestic corporation.(2) A shareholder of a foreign corporation transacting intrastate business.(3) A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership transacting intrastate business.(4) A limited partner of a domestic limited partnership.(5) A member or manager of a foreign limited liability company transacting intrastate business.(6) A member or manager of a domestic limited liability company.

Also, MAKE SURE you are getting a PAYOFF amount, not merely the balance owed. 

A mere six months after purchase we are starting work in the morning!  

It just means you bring less cash to the lawyer or title company and allocate some of that into the Security Deposit account ... it's merely a virtual paper exercise.

Property #5: Bartholomew (Florida) manufactured home - we just got this last March 18 for a mere $13,800 (property value is $50,000).

I was merely trying to point out that sometimes, it is advantages - perhaps even a better business tactic - to carry a balance.