If you don't follow that custom there will be social ramifications (agents won't work with you).If you want to continue working with the broker, go fall on your sword and say we didn't mean to step on any toes but since we hadn't signed an agreement with you we didn't know how things were supposed to go.

Your goals are very reasonable and achievable so keep reading, learning, and engaging on BP.  

We are considered to be the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with so connect with REIA meetings, accountability partners, and mastermind groups to engage with individuals interested in real estate investing.At the bottom of this page is a list with help in it.

@Bryan Drury You just want to be sure they have the authority to engage in a lease.

We are considered to be the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with so connect with REIA meetings, accountability partners, and mastermind groups to engage with individuals interested in real estate investing.                       

Although real estate is normally considered a passive investment, if an investor engages in active property flipping, that could be subject to UBIT.

On another note you you have admitted that you and your agent both engage in illegal activities  (your agent giving you codes to properties ) in a public Google indexed forum.

Due to the fact some lending institutions require the Seller's social security number and date of birth. 

But if they are in fact engaged in a legitimate business, that will not destroy them at all.  

What Account Closed says makes sense from an aspirational standpoint, but the social science studies that have been done show pretty clearly that, statistically, people are happier when they are just a bit wealthier than the people they are surrounded with.