Soft pulls are things like getting pre-approved for a credit card, checking your credit score with a credit monitoring service, and businesses you already have a credit account with checking up on you.

I am new on here and have placed a bid on a property, ( I am currently the highest bidder which I see really doesn't mean anything)  However, if I do get lucky and somehow win the bid, do they use a standard Florida Contract in which I have a certain amount of time to inspect?  

If the deal goes through, i plan to surprise the helpful agent with $100 & my business card.

People often hold their cards to their chest.  

Some wholesalers in my area just put $1 down to get a contract signed and they usually just advertise the fee + what the seller wants so $53K in your case and they don't necessary tell you what they are making but it really doesn't matter if it's a win-win-win for everyone.

We had the winning bid for 4 bdrm 3 bath house on auction.com.

The  title insurance lobby did win a small victory a couple of years ago in that a Fee Attorney now has to be affiliated with one title company as they used to be able to shop title companies 

My goals for RE -  Create WIN/WIN situations for everybody involved in a deal, but understanding that WE need to make money to become efficient.- Creating a presence in the local market and working with other investors / realtors.

Win-win!

 ( Like the ones setting up a card table out front to sell there posessions for drugs and food.)