I think that people forget that we are a heavily regulated profession and owe the same duties to our leasing-only clients that we do to our full service management clients, or a buyer/seller we are representing in a transaction.I think the bottom line is that there are unscrupulous individuals in any profession, and the vast majority of real estate agents ultimately want their clients to be successful and will work hard to that end.

He/she gets more money and the buyer and seller get a person representing them who has a conflict of interest and cannot honestly get the best deal for both sides.

I'd also love to connect with other agents that predominately work with investors and mastermind with each other on how to effectively represent our investors.

They declined to run the deal themselves but had another agent within their brokerage represent us.

I’m looking for an agent to represent me submitting an offer on a HUD property in the Hudson Valley.

Also keep in mind a lawyer can only represent one of you otherwise there is a conflict. 

We represented a buyer interested in a $1.1M property. 

1) Ask other landlords in that area for recommendations2) Ask local property management companies in that area for recommendations3) Reach out to the main California landlord associations (CAA, AOA, CalRHA) for recommendations If these were normal times, I'd also recommend going to:4) REIA meetings to get recommendations (and possibly even meeting some local attorneys), plus5) Sitting in on actual eviction hearings in the local eviction court since it's likely you'd see the same attorney(s) representing the bigger landlords (and winning) most of the casesHowever, in the current times, you just simply can't do #4 and #5 right now.  

In Ohio, if your property is held in an LLC, you must have a licensed attorney representing the company.

I have represented buyers when the seller is a flat fee broker and it's a huge headache.