I even thought I ask the agent for the fee and I suppose we had a miscommunication somehow about the fee. 

I think the cost/fees associated with becoming a real estate agent will be worth it for access to MLS and just to have a better idea of the local market.

In my experience, most of the time when people ask me if I am the owner/landlord/property manager, they usually have pretty bad financial situation, and often time they were already rejected by the large complexes, so now they are taking their chances with the" operator owners" , and they are hoping/praying that they will not get another rejection for their application fees. 

-I could simply charge a flat fee for each of the services I provide (10% management fee, couple hundred bucks for the finding of the place and a couple hundred more for closing the deal, etc)Has anyone out there been in this kind of spot?

Joel thanks for the reply, I know a little about the Augusta reia etc, been wanting to go but had no time but hope too soon, is there a membership fee or as a "first time" guest fee etc??

My thoughts is to maybe meet somewhere in the middle when I'm big enough by bringing on an assistant and grow from there rather than paying the fees of having someone else do it.

Please shoot me a message if you have any questions whatsoever, I am happy to help and do not charge a consultation fee.

We will have to cover the fees (20k when all is said and done) and either 5k of the panels if someone takes over the lease or 17.5k if we pay it off with the house.

A flat fee realtor will list you on the MLS.

They also charge reasonable fees.