The agent gets his commission from the seller, from the down payment.

Hey @Marcus Nickson, go to some REI events in your area and talk to investors, anyone doing flips may be interested in working with you if you can offer less than 6% commission.

@Vincent BilleraDoing lease options in good school districts in the midwest is a smart idea.Lets say you wanted to invest in Cleveland OHLook on www.GreatSchools.orgLook on www.NeighborhoodScout.comPick the best neighborhoods.Then look for houses that are in good shape, needs little work, and these houses do not sell with an agent, usually because they bought a short time ago FHA and have little equity.Look for expireds, canceled listings.Contact the seller and see if they would be interested in avoiding a commission and closing costs.Offer to do a lease option assignment at no cost to them.  

If part-time, commission, self-employed then the 😈 is in the details. 

We did not have enough cash to close so we asked him to give up some commission and he did to close the deal.

What you would gain in the beginning is access to MLS and commissions from your purchase.

This agent is more likely to help push the sale through as they will receive the full commission (no split with another agent). 

Hi, I'm a former Deputy Director of a State Real Estate Commission.

Even then they work on teams so if 15,000 commission half might go to brokerage.

Perhaps, some of the irritation is due to the low cost of homes/inventory in my market, resulting in a trivial amount of commission income upon a successful closing and more importantly, time away from building my real estate business and personal investments.