Originally posted by @Arsen Atanasovski:I’m a realtor, you don’t need one for a off market deal, main point if you agree to the numbers take all your paperwork to your local title company and they will do the rest, if you want to pay someone 3% like me go right ahead in the end, title calls your agent on any missing docs so basically nothing I might get a lot of negativity on this post but your buying as an investor and realtors really most of them don’t even know what an investor is, they are a realtor for the end user and make fat commissions on primary properties. 

I had similar with duplex and ended up having to foot the bill but it was determined the break was on my property and resolved with yard excavation and a fat repair bill. 

If the deal is very fat due to our deal finding ability...we will bump up our fees.

Is there enough fat on the deal.  

Most of the ultra wealthy individuals sacrifice a lot to obtain their wealth, and I won’t make those same sacrifices.Similarly, I don’t desire to have 5% body fat because I don’t want to put in the effort required for it.I understand that ultra wealthy is subjective, but the main point stands. 

I view it as a tool in a toolbox to help you "trim the fat" off the bottom of your portfolio, so you can keep growing with new acquisitions. 

People I admire in the space: Grace Gudenkauf (also a BP author) or Jenn & Joe Fave. 

He knows his stuff and is really good at making IG videos: his brand is a very clever mix of being super humble, telling everyone profits are less than you think and then flashing some fat $$ he made by selling to his investors.

Number 2 and 6 are my fave’s lol

Know your #'s, cut the fat, focus on quality.