Nope, if you're looking for retail buyers, MLS will get you 95% of the way there, and Craigslist and local networking will probably get you to 99%...

Broker then pays some of the commission to the agent.Broker cannot pay commission to someone who is not an agent.Thank You @James Wise Question, if you were not a broker, but an agent working for a broker and you had a massive influx of business, enough to keep another agent busy full time, can you hire another agent to work for you? 

Most agents don't have an in depth understanding of short sales and doing a retail short sale is much different from doing one for an investor.

If it is retail flip, it looks way better if it is a rental I use cheaper tile but the great thing is I never have to replace it.

I sympathize being in Virginia Beach, a massive military area.  

Why waste your time with people who want retail for their houses.

The front deck is getting overhauled, the living space is completely opened with beams in and columns in place, can lights are in, and the backyard now looks MASSIVE!  

In many cases I have an assistant create a database from scratch per county etc.Define if retail, office, etc. and go from there.  

and that was the logic I was going for too, at this point it wouldnt make sense for me to try to compete with some of the larger luxury units, because even if I tried to offer all of the same unit benefits, I still cant compete with the community benefits (ie, gym, pool, huge roof decks, lounges, etc, ground floor retail). 

You're basically paying retail for investment property at close to market mortgage rates if I understand these scenarios...sooo.. where is the upside?