If through a listing broker it will depend on what the listing broker entered on the MLS and MLS rules.In Georgia for instance on FMLS if as a broker you screw up and enter commission wrong,mistake things etc. you can be on the hook for the commission or lose access to the MLS.MLS's are sometimes controlled by REALTOR associations and other times are private entities that are non-profits or for-profit organizations.Also the brokers/agents involved it would matter if they were REALTORS or not.Generally your state's real estate commission does not handle commission disputes.They only care about license laws.The agent can argue procuring cause with the other agent but it should not stop your sale.Simply you would close and get your proceeds and the commission in question would be froze until a solution was given and signed in writing or a court order.There are so many variables to this and it is state specific.Procuring cause is a chain of events leading up to a sale of a property.If the chain is broken generally the broker/agents is not due a commission.The moral of the whole story is the buyers agent needs to learn how to protect themselves in the future.I am not going to court to get my agents commission when I only charge them a 300 flat fee as a broker.No legal advice

He's responsible for paying it back and should be looked at as if he was pulling it out of his own checking account.Anthony - For the cash you need from him, I would simply borrow it from someone and pay a flat return (15-20% ?)

Its easy to think that things will get automatically better this simply isn't true.

This is simply to be worked out between the realtor and the investor.

It is simply easier to given them title and to do a DIL or foreclose if they quit paying.

Or you can simply sacrifice your ernest money and walk away.

Further and even more simply, there is more inherent risk in condo finance than in other types of residential real estate due to the CC&R's.

Is this simply a company policy decision?

I'm guessing at a couple of numbers simply because I don't know some of them (yet).

I'm not saying it can't be done, I simply wouldn't bank on it appraising for much more than the comps.