Realtors are your best source of business but they want to get paid just like everyone else, they deal with owners everyday that don't want to pay commissions, don't want to short sale and want a better investment.Also Realtors deal with buyers who don't currently qualify for traditional financing and they are walking away from these potential opportunities.Our company LeaseOwn Homes charge a minimum 5k or 3% of the purchase price for the option fee upfront and we pay realtors up to 50% of that depending if they bring the buyer or seller or both.Also we charge 2% per year as the balance of our option fee paid at time of purchase of the property and give the realtor 25% or 50% see above.This motivates realtors to work with you and by taking care of realtors they will give you warm leads and will help you close them.Again a win-win.

Being able to converse with the tenants and create a WIN-WIN-WIN is where the money is MADE on this deal!

After explaining that I am neither an attorney, nor a realtor, and can't advise in legal matters relating to real estate, I have told sellers that I have seen others use a win-win solution to protect the seller, the realtor, as well as help out you as the buyer: They add to the contract that the the buyer must provide proof that indeed they have a qualified buyer to whom they will sell the property.

Steve had a good solution and although I dont disagree with him, Im not trying to be a real estate agent, it isnt something i want to do, i want to partner with some to make multiple deals over the long term on non performing properties that result in wins for all concerned. 

Can't win them all. 

He knew about -business, -legal issues, -tax issues, -marketing, -sales, -promotion, -networking, and most importantly he knew about people (psychology).The first thing he did was tell me that you have two ears and one mouth, and y should listen more than I talk.Second thing he did was have me read "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. 

Win - Win

Shoot for a win-win!

Nick, sounds like you need to read Brandon's book, ha ha.We want some of our own skin in the game, but we've used family loans as a win-win too.To properly tag people, type #, type the first few letters of their user ID, and look for it to pop up in the bottom left corner, and click on it.  

Might be a win win