If you're not "assisting in procuring a tenant", but merely checking the security of the property on a regular basis per your written agreement with the owner and the owner schedules the prospect at at time when you're at the property anyway, you "should" be safe as long as you don't discuss the property amenities or lease terms.

Anyway, I recently realized that if I don't get moving on procuring investment properties that it'll never happen...I'm a homeowner in the Denver metro area (Littleton/Morrison specifically), and after analyzing a few handfuls of properties I'm thinking that I'll probably start looking at markets outside of the Denver area for my first few deals.

. , @Todd Rasmussen , @Greg Powers , @Bjorn AhlbladHere is what I was able to procure.

The fact that they required it, makes them seem like an amateur operation (at best).You implied that they were using your own credit history to procure the loan rather than that of the sponsor...which is a huge red flag if true.  

This will likely end up before the gcaar grievance committee with a procuring cause claim, which could prolong this from closing even longer. 

I'm not a lawyer, but I can read, and according to this definition, among the list of definitions for a 'broker' of real estate, it lists:"procures or assists in procuring a prospect to effect the sale, exchange, or lease of real estate;"I'm not a lawyer but it sounds like the lawyer met this definition and therefore acted as a 'broker'.  

This is because if the deal closes, the original agent would file a procuring cause grievance with the local board and would likely win, and then they would get the commission instead of your new agent.Don't find agents on Zillow.

Parroting back others advice ...

The fact that you're seeking financing so aggressively and have not been able to procure a deal draws some attention.

People who call themselves wholesalers - don't always tell the truth - they really can't settle quickly and most all of them will not go to settlement, most are only parroting what they heard in a motel seminar.