David Gershwin
Property manager commission for sale of rental house
Hi there,Take it easy I'm new here! Long time lurker, but wanted to get others thoughts on my situation!So we moved out of our old city for work reasons last year and decided to rent out our house since we weren't sur...
Jeremy Eisenstat
Utah - Curious about agents commissions on investment deals
Hello all, I've been on bigger pockets for a while now, mostly reading and picking apart conversations and ideas. I've always been intrigued by the creativity behind different types real estate deals and decided to st...
Jason Chan
Question about being a buyer agent and commissions
Hi all, So I've made the move to purchase a class and will be looking to get my licenses! Super excited about this. Anyways, currently I have a full time job that pays me pretty well. I'm becoming a real estate agent ...
Account Closed
Paperwork for agreements to % commission from bird dogging
Hello BP family!I'm helping a lady who has an property on contract find a cash buyer for the deal. She agreed to give me 25% of her commission once the investor closes the deal. I guess I'm bird-dogging for investors....
Adam Byrne
Realtor asked for advance on commission. Ethical violation?
Hi BP!
My realtor in PA begged me to advance her several thousand dollars in cash before closing on a portfolio of properties in order to pay her personal bills. Due to some complications in closing, we only ended up...
Carolína Ortega
Best tax write-offs for real estate commissions?
I’m a new real estate agent in NorCal with 22k in commissions in my first 3 months.Any recommendations on how to reduce my tax liability at the end of the year? What are some good write-offs?
William Coet
Realtor Commission Concession When Buyer Uses Listing Agent
Hello,Is it common on properties over 500k for the listing agent and brokerage to give up the percentage of commission that would normally go to the buyers agent if the buyer uses the listing agent? Thank you
Heston McBride
Sticky Situation. Pay realtor commission n or not?
I’d like some feedback on how the bp community feels about my situation. I looked at a home w/ realtor but know the owner very well and had discussed it previously.I plan to put in an offer on Monday for a rental prop...
Account Closed
Property types where Co-op Commission matters more?
So looking through MLS expired listings looking for patterns, so far properties needing extensive repairs seem to be a significant portion of expired listings. Wondering if raising the Co-op commission on those types ...
Kay March
Buyer paying additional commission upon sale of FSBO
I'm selling one of my rental homes as a FSBO, and we close on Tuesday. I learned from the settlement statement that not only will I. the seller, pay the buyer's agent 3%, as we agreed, but the buyer will also pay thei...