About 6 months ago another investor/realtor advertised both buildings for sale at around 1.5 million.

If by chance you decide to advertise, as a paid member, you can post on Marketplace (that's the only place on the site where advertising is allowed) See you around the forums.

They by no means discriminated while sifting through their applications, but explained that their pool of possible tenants was bigger than other landlords advertising their two story duplexes.

Ask about the commission split structure, desk fees, buying and selling for yourself/family, is phone duty required, are there monthly minimums (sales, cold calls, etc), bonus structure, the type of real estate they focus on (investment, retail, high-end, leasing, foreclosures, commercial), how is the in-house training, what kind of on-boarding process, lead disbursement and generation, advertising associated with your franchise, corporate franchise fees, web & social media, and a ton of other items.  

I see so many buying form these marketing companies only to engage PM and rent is no what was advertised area is rougher than they knew etc etc.Dick what is your take on Investors talking to you first instead of after they buy I would be interested in your take on that.

We do block many ads for deceptive advertising, however I have not heard anything about this one.

Where you are and what is acceptable practice will guide how you should conduct business.If you say it's a new roof in your advertising, it better be a new roof just put on otherwise say it's 6 months old or what ever.Contracting with a seller and having them take a property off the market and not having the ability to buy can get you hammered, you're not dealing in good faith and you'll cause the seller to miss out on other offers during marketing periods, that can add up to some real damages for a seller.If you sell to a buyer who is getting a loan, you may have issues if the lender sees a double closing and they can before it closes, they don't fund and you're hung.

If the product is truly great forget the advertising and hand out free samples.

If the seller did a shabby job advertising this, you may get a really good price.

But bear in mind that almost all buyers will have a buyer agent, so you'll still have to advertise to pay that side of the commission.