If you have a perfect closing and first 3 months your dreaming Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Right now, I am an aspiring real estate agent specializing in investment properties while also in the process of developing an app!

This $100,000 would be taxed at the applicable capital gains tax rate (0%–20% federally, depending on income) and subject to depreciation recapture at a maximum rate of 25%.

Not only did we lose our $10,000 in earnest money, we will now be sued by the sellers agent for their commission and our agent doesn't get squat. 

If you want to be completely anonymous, you can use a Registered Agent.

@Michael James Hamlin I'm a former tax accountant/business consultant turned fix n flipper and investor friendly agent. 

IMHO the key is having an agent on the buy side who understands the process and can make some magic happen for you. 

I would say it could be done, just need to have the following:#1 - Have great overall knowledge of that market, and better than agents.#2 - Learn how to run comps so you know the value of the property better than anyone. #3 - Have finances in order (i.e) is this going to be bought through conventional, cash, HML, etc.

Even still, it could be said that I've still lost money due to my time on the tools instead of prospecting as a real estate agent (the cost of lost opportunity).If you can truly do 80%-90% of the work yourself (at acceptable quality levels) and you aren't sacrificing your time where you can get better returns for your efforts, then yes, it can work even up here in Canada.

A smart seller/listing agent will likely require a large EMD to tie you to performing on your offer, so be prepared for that.