I'm steering them to a local broker who specializes in the FHA Rehab loan.

Some brokers and correspondent lenders have to follow suit with the bank programs to remain competitive.

And an investor,or broker, is not a one time customer.

For the four years that I have been an owner in these markets, I've used a leasing agent who charges one month's rent as a commission (or 75% of one month's rent if there is no broker representing the tenant).

You might also find a local website that tracks this info as well.They want you to pay for it sometimes to get the information.You can always use a commercial broker for your first deal in that type of property.The seller usually has a commission factored into the listing price.

Employing Brokers:
How have you been successful marketing to Agents and ultimately recruiting them?

All the loan mod scam artists and such that came about - most of them the same loan brokers who sold them the stupid loan to begin with - were all charging upfront fees to negotiate a loan mod or short sale.

I have experience in real estate as a mortgage broker, agent and software sales.

Personally, I would invest a majority of it in inversely correlated ETF's with a brokers that allows your to borrow at a low rate against your stock.

That is, we don't want to work for any broker/agency.