In order to get paid on a deal they would have to be legitimately licensed and registered through their MLS, furthermore, an agent will never be handling any of your funds or receiving your personal information (outside of basic contact info).

Keep in mind, just legitimately maintaining the legal entities proposed in either option would likely cost more than the properties you mentioned would make you in a year.If you still want to pursue the matter, the approach is to learn which way you want to go.

A little more I aim to have a BRRRR under my belt before end of the summer, so I can quickly surface answers to questions I do not know to ask; enabling me to scale to your level.

Specifically, ask how the brokerage can help you build your business and if they provide any training tools that will enable you to succeed.

any legitimate ideas please. 

If you legitimately have an opportunity but need someone with the ability to close please let me know what you are looking for (equity/partnership, wholesale fee, etc.)  

Service dogs are specifically trained to aid an owner with a legitimate disability.

Rules, laws, agreements...They paid half a months rent for August which enabled them to stay half a month.I just dread having a vacancy at this point in the year.

I'm sorry to hear you're having these problems.If I was in this situation, I suppose I'd go with my gut feeling on whether or not the PM got fooled legitimately somehow, or not. 

The fear of not finding a good replacement is common and legitimate.