We are bringing the capital, credit, experience - any ideas on how to give him some upside without giving away too much?

In other words, you allow this realtor to bring a buyer this one time.

If a tenant remains in possession without the landlord’s consent after expiration of the term of the rental agreement or its termination, the landlord may bring an action for possession and for rent and the landlord may also recover his or her actual damages.

I don't see any possible scenario where the duplex could bring that much more cash flow compared to the SFR.SFR tends to bring 40-50% more per door when compared to duplexes.

I love the challenges it brings.

The key is to find a motivated seller and to bring value to the table.

To make matters worst, if you're not a party to a contract and you're bringing a buyer and seller together, you would be brokering without a license.

Very very very very few agents are going to be able to bring you pocket listings, and those that can will likely give them to the buyers they've worked with in the past before they give it to someone new, so that will make it even tougher.So, don't shop for pocket listings...if they come along great, but that shouldn't be a goal, in my opinion.That said, working with only one agent -- especially when that agent is just sending you auto updates -- isn't smart.

I am sure most would agree yes.The difference being if they are licensed but not a REALTOR bringing an ethics complaint to the real estate commission doesn't hold any water.If they are a REALTOR however you could bring up an Ethics charge with the local real estate board.

Someone that can help execute business plans by bringing in contacts, expertise, etc.Pretty much everything else you can hire out a lot cheaper using vendors.