Do you think I'm cut out for this field?

His asking price is more than I had initially been planning on spending so I'm looking to cut corners where I can to make my offer the most attractive to him.

Also, if a broker is too busy to commit all his time to a certain listing and he lets me do the leg work (taking measurements, pictures, putting it on mls, negotiating, etc) would it be considered normal for that broker to get a cut of the final commission?

I would love to be doing more RE deals right now, but my time is very short (and valuable to me) right now, so I've had to cut back.

Your wifes broker is due a cut if she gets the referal closed.

No chance of a short as these things are so leveraged that it would be hard to cut one out of the group.

If you try to do it for less one way to cut corners is to manage the property yourself.

There is a special session in place this week, working overtime in the capitol on tax reform, and they have passed 'part one' of a two-step process that would cut taxes... the second part would be voted on in a referendum later this year, and that's the part that will make the substantial difference, by super-sizing the Homestead Exemption allowance.

The "gurus" certainly won't say that because it cuts into their ability to sell expensive courses and doesn't make REI sound easy.

This cuts down considerably on the "trial and error", although the nature of the beast is that sooner or later everyone gets at least one "lesson".