If they are good officers, they will suggest to you that you file a temporary restraining order against them. 

Well, that takes off enormous pressure.

I just found out that he filed liens on 3 of my properties after he was fired, illegally clouding the titles. 

I've wholesaled so many properties, I've lost count, but I can tell you this - it's well over 1,000.I've been an on-site mentor teaching people wholesaling for 15+ years.I stand by my previous post.

I have already seen the new forms/addendums that will be used here in Arizona, the common one for this will be the Seller Compensation Addendum.The one thing that might happen in your discount buyer agent scenario is you might get a buyers agent who agrees to a lower commission and then the listing agent is offering a co-broke that is higher than he agreed to, well now that buyers agent will only be able to get paid the lower amount he agreed to and the listing agent will keep the remainder, so listing agents could end up getting paid more.As far as your question on what to pay an agent, I view it similarly to hiring an attorney, there are discount attorney's and they might be okay for some people in some circumstances, or if you know the proper procedures and deadlines then maybe you do it on your own without an attorney.

It is 5 years old and holding up very well.

You can house hack and do well.

It is also shouldering an elementary school as well.

FHA loans are still more forgiving to borrowers with challenged credit scores and there are some differences in underwriting requirements as well.

Full disclosure, I do some teaching/speaking for all 3 of them (but I am not part of their organizations).