Hello,  If  a investor/home buyer becomes aware of property before it is listed and views  it before listed and has even begun verbal negotiation with seller,   can the buyer sidestep the   acquired listing agent to save/negotiate RE cost for seller?  

She is responsible for finding a roommate she wants and then I put that person through my normal application/screening/background process before they sign a 12 month lease.

@Robert Cummings, I've recently switched over to Buildium to manage all of my books for my rental properties (as well as the screening/management/rent collection etc).  

I view it as a personal choice to get that for this kind of pest, but I want to make sure I understand my landlord responsibility before we discuss it.Any experience with this conversation?

Talk about a typical interaction with him or, better yet, write something in the 1st person from the dog's point of view.  

This house has triple fairway prime lot views, and an incredible pool and spa.

I find Austin to be affordable, but then again I'm living in Mountain View, CA.

I would also like to get your view on if it is a good idea for an agent to focus on distress properties in California.  

These people have portfolios that would only be good for firewood.The key to being successful is tenant screening.

This being his only rental property, he started to have to pay the contractors out of his own pocket.Then the tenants where not taking very good of the house either.I should also point out that he didn't do any tenant screening, he let them because they were friends of a friend.His point of view on how nice the place should look took a drastic change, more inline with my ideas.In the end things have worked out and we basically agree on everything now.