It''s a huge time savings for agents (we see about ~15-20 hours per agent per transaction) so as soon as an agent gets to see the world once they have a TC...they rarely want to go back!

ok thanks for the info.Seems then the best option for agents buying for themselves would be to forego the commission and instead ask for a price reduction. 

Those who accepted it would be hard work but very fruitful and successful tend to have better outcomes.I know people of extraordinary wealth in the 9 figures.

They are not, they have just lower hanging fruit that is much jucier.What most agents realize is that it is much easier to help a family buy a new $500,000 home and sell their $300,000 home - as opposed to working with an investor to buy a $80,000 property.

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Properly capitalized, I’m sure flips produce good margins, but rent and hold, with liberal fruit cakes must be challenging???

Use texting to reach out to low-hanging fruit.

Unbelievable - sounds like an attempt to steal private property (ie the fruit of one’s labor).

Additionally, the arrival of the Mediterranean fruit fly obliterated the large citrus industry.

I've also dipped my toes into the US market which has been surprising simple and fruitful as a Canadian.