IT takes some work to customize for real estate investors.

If you're doing high-end rehab and need artisan contractors to design you a custom home, it could cost 4x as much as if you're doing an entry-level SFH with stock materials and lower-end labor costs.Personally, I focus on entry-level SFH selling in the $100-140K range.

Maybe you should charge them a customer appreciation fee.Just ask them to put it in writing what this fee covers and why isn't it covered in the regular brokerage fee (commission).I would love for you to post that for us and don't be embarrassed to name the company, after all they came up with it so they shouldn't be ashamed of it. .

The other thing about the commerical problem that is interesting is that it isn't necessarily the customer's ability to make a monthly payment that will cause the default.

We are custom builders/commercial developers in the area.

I also like to do different shades in different areas of the house, e.g. a slightly darker beige in the living room from the bedrooms gives the house a more custom feel.

All areas are different and personalities are different, local customs are also in play, but blindly going into the real estate business is not a good idea....Bill

And they did this purely to lure more customers and earn quick commissions.

Of course agents are going to take care of their steady, reliable customers.

I can't stand getting my inbox flooded and wouldn't want to do that to our customers.