They'll give excuses why that won't do.

If you have a candidate that meets all your requirments and gives you that warm and fuzzy then go with them, especially when the other option comes with stories and excuses.

Jessica, be very carefulA lot of note buyers you will be brokering the note to will pull a BAIT & SWITCH at the last minute with an excuse why they have to pay you and the note seller less.

The agent will even if they find a property you like most likely you will be competing against many other buyers for that property.So if I list the property and ten offers come in and we accept one I get paid.If ten buyer brokers submit an offer one gets paid and the other nine get to go have fun all over again looking for the one in a hundred or one in a thousand property that works.I will say as a broker it is important to know if an investor is buying to hold or for a flip.Flips are harder to get to close than rentals as the margins have to be greater for the short term exit.Also important is if the investor is paying cash or using HML.The buyer having liquid cash to perform is key.If the investor states they have cash but cannot provide the broker a bank statement valid within the last 30 days and the investor comes up will all kinds of excuses the broker needs to not work with that buyer.For every wannabe broker/agent I can just as easily show you a wannabe investor.Both waste people's time and get in the way of properties being purchased.For the low junker properties you need a broker that is not taking down much larger deals or anew agent hungry to do anything to get paid.You might just be better getting on the REO kings list for the area and buy direct through them.The REO listing broker is getting squeezed by the bank or asset company anyways and gladly will take the extra fee.Even if they assign a buyers agent for their firm to represent you they are still getting a cut of that side of the commission.

I really have no excuses.

If there is debris on the property, same thing, they will notify the property owner to correct the issue or they will send a contractor out and charge the property owner.I'm seeing this as an unnecessary charge and a duplication of services.I guess I'm trying to figure out why they want to justify this fee by using "having contact information of landlords" as the excuse.

Pro tenants use this as a excuse when they want to move.

My current excuses are I don't have the fees to get the license, even though a broker could cover that with proper negotiation, which leaves me without an investor friendly agent.

Seems like he was having some remorse and when confronted with a viable solution came up with an excuse.

Contractors are more likely to get screwed by a homeowner or investor than you think .The most  Common excuse is " I am waiting for a draw "  .