Sometimes they will tack on a few thousand for themselves, or we will break them off a bit of our profit.  

There are thousands who have been yanking chains in RE for years that think they know something and they don't know squat, they are all over this site.

@Annette Torsarkissian besides title companies, there are thousands of buyers at the local REI meetings.

I suggest you use the search feature (upper right box) as there are over a thousand posts on the matter.

You don't need to spend thousands of dollars to learn this business.

I recommend attending the Ventura County Real Estate Investors Club in Thousand Oaks, which can be found on meetup.com  I'm still very new myself, but feel free to reach out any time.

I spent well over a thousand but made 3 thousand.

People locking up property to sell to make a fee but have no ability to actually buy are not buyers.I have no clue what your capabilities are just speaking in generalities.Were you trying to lock this up for a low junk fee or putting thousands non-refundable down if it doesn't close.

That line is typically hundreds/thousands of hours of study, research, hard work and experience.  

(Sorry)For hot water heaters I have been drilling holes in the floors so they leak into the crawl space instead of ruining my floor.