If you are not a Realtor you can not use the MAR or standard Virginia contract.

I get it that there should be basic protections of health and safety and liveable standards. 

One of the features that makes this a great country is that we - despite a lot of political strife - have broad agreement on basic standards of humanity.

More traditional brokerages can vary in their commission splits (I found 70/30 or 60/40 for super newbies fairly standard when I was looking at brokerages to join). 

Hello all, I need some advice on how to go about paying back a private loan...I am in the process of buying a house to flip and need to borrow 300k...i will be using about 200k of my own money also..I have a close family member that has the cash and I believe is willing to loan the money, but my question is what is the standard way to go about paying this money back?

That would give you much superior returns over paying a bunch of middle men, you would also then be assured that the rehab was done up to you quality standards, and finally it would hedge your investment to a large degree from any short term pricing volatility caused by a recession or other events outside of your control.

., does not conform to today's standards, and needs to be repaired or conform to code by qualified licensed technicians.

My understanding is that the conforming standard is an allowance for up to 60 days. 

In other words we inflate the structure price and minimize the land value over standard assessment.

You have to pass certain standards to go with RealCrowd or CrowdStreet.