If you are gonna assign it or sandwich it, the agent may not be cool with that.

If so, are there any tips you can give on different buying techniques for it?

ANY agent or associate broker real estate activity has to be ran through the principal brokerage.At least it's this way in my state.You will get companies who try to not disclose involvement or only say they have a small involvement in an LLC etc.The bottom line is there MUST be disclosure that the agent has an interest in the group wholesaling.In our state the reason is we must disclose to the seller we have an interest because we are considered more well trained in negotiations than a traditional buyer.Also you can be disclosing an undisclosed fiduciary duty to another party in the transaction the seller doesn't know about.Example if the buyer is my family,business partner etc.

Lots of tips on SEO.

Thanks for the tip, James, I do read my own posts - several times, in fact, before posting.

Always cool to see someone from Montana - don't see it too much.

Im thinking of putting maybe half of it in stocks and other half in real estate.In bangkok, a newly built mid-end condo, with modern facilities, carparks,for a 1 bed, 40 sqm in good location, fairly near sky train and fully furnished is maybe around 3m-4m baht. agency says i cud get around 22k-25k baht a month but im guessing its prob more like 15k-20k baht. most Thai wages will not be able to afford the rent, but its ideal for expats working in bkk. so the return is maybe around 6% before all costs, vacancy periods and appreciation/depreciation.ive been reading a lot of negative and pessimistic views about condo as a buy-to-let especially in bkk. there r so many condos in bkk and many being built as land is not scarce yet cos old buildings can be cleared and new projects started easy. and other factors i dont know. also traffic is a nightmare and the condos that are centrally located (and most expensive) have one of the worst traffics (altho it wud prob be near sky train or underground which would be ok for expats.keep in mind that i ll be paying in lump sum, wouldnt mind to gain some real estate exposure (im fairly interested in the industry),do you think its worth it to buy a condo in bkk as a buy-to-let?

Here's a tip tho, in case you haven't been through this: find out your housing authority's process for requesting a rent increase, deadlines, etc.

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Kelly I looked at recruiting agent for my firm years ago.At one point I did an active campaign and had about 45 agents at my firm at one time.I have found most agents feel entitled or won't follow the steps you tell them to be successful.They will skip some steps because they are lazy and want to "get rich quick" like the rest of the population which is why so many fail.If I add an agent say on a 70/30 split then I have to take time from my own deals where I make 100 percent to make 30 with them.The training and getting over their mindset takes so much more time than me doing my own deals.This is why I have only 7 agents right now.I got rid of the rest.Many companies try the 100 percent model but you get either new agents having no experience,part-time agents who are rusty,child support demands,irs tax liens,license lapses for education and or non-payment of dues etc.It is a huge headache to keep up with for a low return.If you go the other route you can train new agents for a fat split before they leave the business or train a select few agents that you want to feed leads to on your team.I just focus now on my own investment purchases and my own commercial listings.