If you are only offering $100k I think its worth speaking to an agent and letting them make the $3-5k as an agent (if they would do it for that) on this deal. 

Speaking to that question, it seems that you have already keyed in on the fact that one of you should be moving towards that.

If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.

If you go in that direction, I highly recommend speaking with multiple franchisees from each brand before making a final decision.

Unfortunately, after speaking with City Council Members, it appears they are heavily leaning towards creating this new law.

How do contracts work in this situation? If we have our own assignable contract, how does that interact with an agent using their standard contract? I might be overthinking it, but I’m curious about how it all comes t...

I would much rather deal with someone like him who knows what they are doing and speaks the truth rather than someone who spews out a bunch of feel good crap just to get your money then disappears..

I have researched the different kinds of loans for this but I would love to speak with any lenders or other investors in this area. 

Folks speak a lot about "boots on the ground" but I think that phrase needs to be further defined.  

He refuses to let you talk to anyone else in the training as far as getting their contact information & he won't let you speak to people who have "successfully completed a deal with him."