Learn all the laws and learn your area.

Or you can let realtors know you have a wholesale deal, and wanted to know if they work with investors who are buying properties at wholesale.I truly find the internet might be your best bet though(Craiglist)Ask yourself how can you help that realtor, and the law of reciprocity should take over.

That isn't because of agency laws, but because you are have a very high chance of losing the deal without a written contract.How you "skirt" being a broker is that a wholesaler has an equitable interest in the property via a contract to purchase the property.

In AZ, the commission is not set by law, and in the paperwork, it is written out that the commission is negotiable.

This is where my trusted agent failed me yet again-she said very clearly that I could not use ANY of those papers she gave me, it would be aviolation of copyright law.

I can't wait for my course in Contract Law...

Thanks DemosL,How much would you say it would cost me to gather that info from out of state, to find out about there contracts, state laws etc?

I am managing my Mother in law's home that she has leased to a tenant for 1 yr.

Its essential you learn your local laws and practices.Hopefully you mean that comment jokingly.

And TX law prohibits home equity loans greater than 80% of appraised value.