Agents are rewarded for the service they render through commission paid by the seller.  

Ok, one thing you have to do is reward yourself because you did something right to get them to agree to meet with you!

I'll let her jump in here if and when she sees this and wants to..Truly a mutually rewarding experience :)And I only even know a chunk of the infinite real estate knowledge out there.

If I've got to take the risk of getting planning approval for what is probably a change of zoning (as a guess), then I'm reaping the rewards, not the seller, who has zero skin in the game.

We play by the rules and reward the hard work of RE agents (even if we found the house via OUR marketing efforts).Of course, we prefer to deal with properties that are NOT listed, but just because it's listed that doesn't take it out of play.

I am just being a bit of a smart a$$, but seriously, you gotta weigh the risk and reward.

I just can't shake the feeling there's more to this story.Good Post Jon...There seems to be a little too many"potential" pit falls for such a transaction without any reward for yourself...

There is nothing rewarding about what I do.

Each investor has separate criteria, which, in my opinion is dependent on their risk/reward. 

After you get through your flips, or even at year end, I'd look back on all your projects and evaluate which ones you enjoyed the most, which gave you the highest emotional reward, and which was the most profitable in terms of time spent on the projects.