From my vantage point as a mini hedge fund I guess you could call us we do about 300 to 350 transactions a year..

We did not use real estate agents and are using my agent as a transactional agent only for a $1,000 flat fee. 

I'm neither a lawyer nor an accountant, but I recommend Googling "closely held corporation" and then asking your tax accountant how, if any, the proposed idea might impact your overall tax situation (https://www.irs.gov/faqs/small-business-self-employed-other-business/entities/entities-5: A closely held corporation is subject to additional limitations in the tax treatment of items such as passive activity losses, at-risk rules, and compensation paid to corporate officers.).I've read that when two closely held corporations owned by the same small group of shareholders do business with each other, the IRS sees a red flag because some people try using this approach to evade taxes.From my readings of personal finance articles, this additional scrutiny is based on whether there is an "arms length" between the two parties in a transaction. 

Can it be done without their service, is it an efficient and effective method to collect data "real time" in one place with enough value to warrant the monthly fee?

If so how do you articulate your request to avoid the reverse effect?

Initial we were going to use a mortgage to purchase the property but my mom offered to act as the bank in this transaction.

Putting sellers and buyers together and representing both, is acting as a dual agent, one of the most risky transactions undertaken by real estate agents.

I feel sellers just want to know what they're going to net out of this transaction, and taking care of all those extra costs puts them at ease.Alexander, I have to disagree with your guns blazing strategy.

I’m not a wholesaler but I can only imagine the amount of additional headaches you’d have in that transaction.

Hi BPers,I'm gearing up for a direct mail campaign and I realized that I was a bit unsure about how a subject to transaction would work in DC, due to the fact that DC charges a pretty hefty transfer and recordation tax of 1.45% on each side of the transaction (2.9% total).