Robert Lindsley in my experience working directly with a listing agent is putting your fiduciary duty in second place.

And the last time something benefited them over their fiduciary duty to me, they chose themselves.  

We basically rotate weekend phone duties and find that takes about 20 minutes of our time.  

I am currently active duty Marine Corps(4 yrs).

Taking into account your duty schedule; I recommend that you and/or you wife take the opportunity to attend many of the REIA's and/or investor meetup groups around town to network and meet in person the folks who are making things happen locally.  

The gate code changed every 3 months without my knowledge.The sword cuts both ways however; the HOA tries to enforce their neighborhood codes and I claim that I have no duty. 

You don't need to call anyone when you have it in writing from .mil direct.You will note that I have an "Active Duty End Date," letting you know that I'm presently a civilian, and that you should reject me as a tenant applicant if I'm trying to pretend that I'm active duty still.Make sure that whatever "Active Duty Status Date" they give you, bump it forward in time a month or two when you search, because it searches for people who enlisted "on or before" this date but will return null results for folks who joined "after" this date.

Greetings all,I'm active duty military stationed in the Washington, DC area.

I'm my humble, professional and ethical opinion as a licensed Broker bound by the California board of ethics, I feel FULL DISCLOSURE as to your INTENT with a transaction is VITAL and could eliminate the muddy water that takes place with wholesaling.

The only person(s) who has the power to cancel that agreement would be the broker of the agent.If you feel your agent is violating or neglecting the duties they owe to you, you can complain to the broker and see if they will cancel the agreement or assign you another agent (though you should be aware that brokers do not typically cancel their contracts very often or easily.)If you attempted to circumvent the agreement selling the property another route, you may likely end up owing the broker a commission anyways.Again, this is all specific to my state of CA and you'll want to consult the proper counsel where you're at, but I've not heard of it working much differently in other areas.