BPO can be hundreds into the thousands.Example evaluating a NNN single building is way different than having to evaluate a current value and comps for a brand new retail project in development process with multiple buildings.If you are looking at buying the property yourself you could pay the fee upfront but then get a credit at closing from the broker off of their commission amount if they agree to it.Back in 2009 and 2010 markets were frozen.

The brand new homes are offerred at merely $20k above this property's listed price, and the property has been on the market for a year, with no takers.

For a prime location, and with a "name brand" brokerage (in NYC - Elliman, Corcoran, etc.), that's normal.I have properties in various parts of NYC and depending on the area and the firm I use I end up with one of three scenarios:-1 month fee, landlord pays: up and coming areas of town (eg; Bushwick, Bed-Stuy a few years ago)-1 month fee, tenant pays: lower end/mass market brokerage firms, use this option for "run of the mill" properties-15% fee, tenant pays: higher end/"name brand" brokerage firms, regardless of specific area. 

@Joseph Dimaria  I'm not trying admonish, merely putting light on something you already know and which may have prompted your post.There are professional researchers in addition to commercial list providers. 

Hi, My name is Jarid Fitzpatrick I am brand new to Real Estate investing, I  have read the books i have watch countless videos, I just have a few questions to help me get started, My question is when i want to start should i have a money lender before i get a house under contract or should i get a house under contract and then go looking for a bank loan or a money lender?

Does anyone have any recommendations on which brands are of the best quality and reasonably priced distributors?

I took a foreclosure subject to, borrowed $25,000 from a private lender (my dad's secretary) at something like 20% interest, caught the payments up, did a light rehab and sold it for about $25k profit. 

@Mike Perlosky there are more meetups in Charlotte than there is light in the day.

The plumping had been updated, as well as the electrical but the icing on the cake was a brand new central AC unit which had been put in a few years prior, which is really really hard to come by in my area of investment.The daughter who had power of atoney was there along with her husband, when I stopped by. 

I'm brand new to Real Estate investing, but I think I want to look for a multi-family buy and hold.