I am trying to purchase off of the MLS - and I will add that just having integrity and following up will put you way ahead - so many of the agents I talk to want me to buy their listing and they will not find out about any other listings I am interested in, and once I show a preference to a different listing they disappear - I dont know if this is the way it has become and granted I am looking in the low budget area that is not going to give them a great commission - but according to what I have read, it is not what the realtor is supposed to do.any realtor tips & comments on how I might get more cooperation appreciated.

(I am still trying to get a copy of the contract, landlord will not cooperate, tenant can't find her copy!)  

I usually do my cooperative deals as a lender.

The cooperative I head up has a general contractor in the area specializing in rehab - please send me a message if you’re still looking.

For date night, there is so much to do: Overton Square, Cooper-Young, downtime dining scene (Flight is our favorite), Orpheum, Grizzlies, concerts, not to mention the dining scene, especially what has popped up on Brookhaven Circle.  

MLSs typically have agreements that if you list a property in an MLS, you are committing to pay a commission to a cooperating member.

Not fun, and takes lots of monitoring and the cooperation of law enforcement, but no on is stuck with known illegal activities in their rental unit.

The owner was living in the property and I begged her to allow me to buy the property through a short sale and she refused and would not cooperate with me at all so I had to go through the courts and legally evict her. 

We are working on a deal in Coopers Plains now...negotiating price.

Contingency contracts or 1031 cooperation contracts on either sale or purchase that give you some freedom.2.