You rock! 

One the main elements with a lease option [like ALL business opportunities] is rock solid contract.  

Without it, I'm a rock in a hard place.  

And I agree with Ryan Dosseyyou're a good sport for reading the feedback, and then instead of getting pissy showed us all up by producing an awesome and easy to read explanation.Now to answer, if you have a buyer or are the buyer you need to respect the contract you signed with Bob, but you also need to communicate with Mike since he's ultimately the seller, and as I remember says he doesn't know Bob.I would put Mike in contact with Bob, and have them resolve whatever their issues might be before going under contract, or at least build in a contingency that the respective parties need to resolve issues of representation within X number of days.Isn't real estate fun!

My wife was a single mother raising three daughters by herself and was a top producer..

@KJ SmithMultifamily (i.e. commercial) properties are valued, like a business, based upon the cash flow they produce. 

So once you pay a certain amount of commission to the company, you get to keep 100% of your commission for the rest of the year, which is definitely a huge feature for top producing agents.  

Not a rock star but I'm doing ok.. 

I just need to determine what columns the direct mail service needs in the list I upload to them, and have Podio produce that. 

Some producer somewhere came up with that as their "hook" and now they have to stick to it.One of the ones I do think is a little more realistic is that "Fixer Upper" show with Chip and Joanna Gaines.