But as long as they're getting a payment, they have bigger fish to fry.Jon

As a child my grandfather used to take me fishing in Savannah.

In my experiences, letting it be known that you are looking for property is like fishing with dynamite.The contract does nothing overtly to discourage the birdog from walking away.

Companies like Zillow, Trulia, Redfin, etc.They've also attempted to broaden their services with recent introductions on things like Zestimates (essentially an online assessment of value) - and again, they are notoriously wrong in many cases.Realistically though, real estate is really local.

I have heard that some BORs are looking to broaden the definition of working as a realtor.

It happened almost 6 times to me and now I'm questioning circumvention or if my business associate is just using me to help them fish for buyers.

Like i've told plenty of people, getting deals in Columbus is like shooting fish in a bucket......That is atleast to me.I live 20mi or so away from columbus, do a good bit of work there related to foreclosures (Lots of BPO work.)I have multifamilies in my county (Pickaway) and know enough about Columbus.

"Refusing to broaden their vision has kept most people doing the same thing all of their lives "-Napoleon hillLet us know how it works out and have a great day!

Gotta be realistic with sources you're pursuing, for me REO's and Private lenders have worked but the quantity of contracts that I thrown out there has been a lot, basically like fishing.

A couple of reasons.Commercial tenants tend to be big fish with big lawyers.