NAR doesn't set commissions and never has.

Limit the DIY. find a way to transition it to contractors/handyman.

Ned out here in the Wild west access is a major part of a title search.. the title officer/  ( U may know them as abstractors) must find on the public records that the subject property has access to a public right of way.. if it does not its land locked.. so in rural settings that means reading a lot of easement deeds.. these are major issues in many areas of the west. 

If you had a $1,000,000 General liability policy with a $500,000 sub limit for a pool for example, this is to your disadvantage-not advantage.  

If it is city of Miami you are better off doing a new set of plans rather than using someone else's in my opinion, I have done both and it always ends up costing the same time and money at the end of the day.

I am aware it will have to be secured, however I’m looking for a card that has good benefits or can set me up for something bigger in the future.

Option A : limit his deals, because he can only cover the EMD for two deals.

What % do you normally set aside for Maintenance and Capital Expenditures? 

Another thing you can do is set up an LLC with a third party service as agent, and that same or another service as manager/member.  

After I posted here, folks at Rent to Retirement reached out to me and set up a meeting with Zach Lemaster.