My take is if an agent works for 3 months on a deal and gets it to the closing table,  they need to compensated well so that they know I'll take care of them when another one crosses their desk.   ....we don't sell real estate so I have no skin in the game.  

game with the rep.

I work closely with some who have been in the game a long time in the area on a professional level and am excited to see where this life brings me.

I always collect one full month's rent first regardless of how many days they occupy the first month and then have them pay the pro-rated amount on the second month - it gets more skin in the game with the tenant. 

Like you guys say the back and forth is part of the game, sometime I get a little more sometimes they get a little more. 

I'm a new investor in southeast Wisconsin looking to break into the game through a duplex purchase.

Sure commercial propertyare going to want more skin in the game and cost a little more but at some point EVERYBODY has to pony up.

They are gaming the system legally to negate all my efforts.BTW previous landlord has a respectable govt. job which pays well.

Repetitive strain injuries from typing so much have led me to realize that coding is a young (wo)man's game.  

Therefore, get in and get out is the name of the game.