My husband and I feel like in essence, they are acting within their professions of realtor & contractor and that their compensation should simply be the commission from the purchase and sale of the property, and the contractor fee for managing the renovation.

We work with lots of new investors and provide help before and after the sale.

Hi there, I am selling vacant land via installment sales (zero percent interest, fixed term).

Unless the deal is not assignable of course, like a HUD deal, short sale, or many REOs.

@Katie Haney I am an investor from Indianapolis and have a couple duplex properties for sale in your price range.  

Should you find/assign the contract to an end buyer the broker is full right to all commission made on the sale of the property as they have the exclusive right to sell the property NOT YOU, and the seller will need to pay the broker a commission. 

At the same time, there was another unit in our building (Gold Creek) for sale and I convinced them to go 50/50 on it.

Your best defense is to RTFC - Read the full contract, the FAR-BAR contract for sale of real estate (whichever one was used), and any agreement with the buyer or seller.

However, Beth Rojas with Agency Title is the best in the area for short sales. 

Is it because it's what's for sale?