I have had success and failure with this.  

It is especially important in the beginning when you are less tolerant of a failure.

You are setting yourself up for failure if you proceed with this one.Just my humble opinion.https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzx3ahGwqm1qalc...

I have concerns now that I didn't use to have that selling to out of area buyers is pretty much a set-up for failure. 

A power outage or failure of the sump pump would have flooded the finished area within half an hour or so.

I have never had a failure, but I have repaired some floors that were not taped on the seams.

If I see rust around the bottom or other signs of potential failure while we're doing other maintenance I'd consider it.

He should also be carrying E&O {but given this appears to be a willful failure of ethics, the insurance company may not come to the table}.

The problem is the numbers are skewed.You have many making nothing to 10k a year and a few doing well above the 30's in income.So NO I am not surprised at thing agents do to stay in the business and pay their bills.I am not agreeing with it just stating reality for many of the agents.With the failure rate of agents you have a constant churning of agents into and out of the business.So a majority of agents want to make the most out of the few sales they do a year before they fall out.Some other brokers and agents always get mad at me when I state this but the facts are the facts.If you want to close deals we can't be in fairyland of how things are supposed to be in a perfect world.

That is the one most important element, IMO, that can make the difference between success and failure.