@Mary Jay Hey Mary, it is going to depend as there is no clear cut answer without knowing your personal financial situation.

The point I’m arguing is that the realtor who goes above and beyond for a 50k property to get it to sell before the city auctions it due to unpaid taxes, which is the situation I’m in, deserves a bit of a pay bump.  3% of 50k won’t cut it for the extra work/marketing that will come out of pocket.  

You rarely get paychecks, and when you do your brokerage takes a huge cut. 

It also has a paper on the window saying it has had its utilities cut off for the winter.I looked the house up on my county’s tax/real estate website and it says the property owner is a bank, but that the tax payer for the year 2021 is an LERETA which is a company that offers tax services based in California.

But if you core competency is flipping and flipping is what you want to do, take the hair cut, and find the next house you are going to flip. 

Reach out directly to the seller before they reach out to an agent l, cut out the commission and the competition.

Unless of course, yours is brand new stainless steel, new WD, and things that really command the premium. 

For my process, once I receive any communication of interest, I always send them a cut and paste of my requirements (I also have them in the ad, but many people selectively ignore.)

BUT - they are going to try and make their money two ways - one, charging you up front for the opportunity (the deal I saw from my buyer was like a $4,000 fee) and then I’m sure they probably get a cut of the back end if the deal actually makes.  

@Cole Steele bunch of great advise here.