If you are buying property for yourself, you get to keep the real estate commission.3.

My commission?

I'm having a hard time coming up with any other answer than, as the one putting in 100% of the cash, I want 100% of the equity.If you're going to manage the property, I think you deserve to get paid the property manager's fee.If you're finding the property and offering it to me, a RE commission or finder's fee would be in order.If you're going to manage the rehab to get it rent ready, a fee for that service would be in order, too.But I'm having a hard time with any of that justifying an equity stake on your part. 

Question of my plan of action below -The listing realtor is the Executrix of the property, should I contact her and make an offer with her directly so she gets my commission if accepted?

From an initial impression, this makes the process of long-term investing much more convenient, and the only fee (apart from regular agent/lender commissions) is the property management fee!

When I sent this to the property owner he thought the commission rate was too much.

For example, a seller headed to foreclosure who doesn't have enough equity to sell the property and may commissions and closing costs.

I figured i needed a "company" to have my commissions written to, instead of me personally. 

I've worked for 6%, 5%, all the way down to 2% in commissions.

The reason is to keep me from screening out low commission options.