Hello.  Hoping for some advice.  An elderly member of my family is contemplating selling his apartment building in the Redding, CA area (couple hours north of Sacramento) and has asked for my advice. I've owned a coup...

If mortgage lenders are paid by commission there must be conflict of interest issues from time to time.

My friend is a property manager for a property management company, and also a licensed RE agent. We are looking at rental properties which either he can manage himself, or the management company he works for can manag...

Do real estate agents in Florida divide their commission between the buying and selling agent or does just the selling agent get the commission?Is there a good webpage someone can refer me to that lists how real estat...

Hey everyone,
I recently became a real estate agent and am selling my own flip. My question is for taxes is it better to not take commission and take the profit as capital gain or take commission and it be a taxed li...

We have an office building with a great long term tenant, that is in a below market rates, and we're good with it because they are stable and NNN.  Their lease is up for renewal, and contains one Option to renew, whic...

Trying to get the price down on buying.. Can you write the offer yourself on a house listed by a realtor to avoid paying a commission to buyers realtor?  Can you expect the seller to take that savings off the price of...

I've purchased a few investment properties in Washington State and now I would like to invest more in the Great Seattle Area.  Obviously the traditional 3% commission of the buyer agent takes up a big percentage of pr...

Has anyone tried listing with an MLS listing service and offering 2 points to the buyer's agent?I've seen services where you can list your property on the MLS for $300. If I put in the listing that the buyer's agent r...