Personally I'd want payment at closing, and I'd stipulate that in my contract.

But ya there's sometimes those stipulations.

I have a pro buyers contract a long with a special stipulations page I will use when I have to go through a real estate agent.

Review the good faith estimate of closing costs to see "who" is paying "what".Beachbum is right, many buyers agency agreements will stipulate something like that you agree the agent will get paid 3%.

You do not need a realtor for this situation but you should follow same guidelines as working with a realtor i.e. title, attorney, home inspection etc.With all that being said and you saying you purchased a rental through the realtor you are using it may be in your best interest to inform your realtor of the FSBO you have your eyes on. 9 times out of 10 the FSBO will pay a fee to the realtor (it will be the realtors obligation to stipulate terms).

You'll need to specify this temperature and stipulation in the lease contract so that tenants are not surprised that they are unable to set the thermostat to 90 degrees in the winter for their personal comfort at your cost.

Also, during negotiations with buyer, you can stipulate that "buyer pays" his own agent saving you $6K and $33K respectively.

You may want to require they complete a new application and submit pay check stubs, as well, to verify they can afford the increase, and so you have this info on file, especially if the old owner didn't.Lastly, I would require they submit a pet deposit, especially if the new lease stipulates it.

The purchase and sale should stipulate if you are just a customer of the listing broker.

In my case, the sale followed the deed-of-trust default stipulations (e.g. no different than a trustee sale).In my case, my bid is still in the upset bid process.