If you feel as though you're being "screened out" by brokers who do not want to split a commission, maybe it would be best to create a consultative type agreement with a buyers broker where they will operate in the background and will earn a pre-determined fee once you close on a transaction.

I thought the commission amount was pre-determined and the same for all traders.So, I asked the CFO why he did not pay the commission amounts in the book.

It insures the project owner that the project will commence and finish on a predetermined schedule and time and should it not then fines can and usually are imposed, sometimes in the thousands of dollars per day, until the project is complete according to terms and conditions stipulated and agreed upon in the contract, So if contracts are too loosely drafted this may be hard to determine and achieve. 3. 

The brokers take a percentage of the agent's commission check until the agent meets a predetermined amount of productivity.

Of course, you would plough this back into increasing your equity share.Additionally, your "golden" partner would get all of the cash-flow until a predetermined amount of his upfront capital (plus interest) had been returned.You should be able to plot things out such that 3-5 years down the road you are 50/50 partners.

Did you have a desired percentage of sales price that you aimed for or was it a pre-determined minimum profit?

Realtors also don't add value to the property, but they work under strict guideline and fees that are predetermined.

How can we pre-determine if a property falls under the new HAFA guidelines ahead of time?

That's always in the back of my head, but right now I'm purely in the education phase of my REI strategy and this is one of the best (and fun) ways for me to learn about how the numbers work together in a real estate investment to give us an overall picture of if it would be a lucrative investment or not based on our predetermined criteria.

You could also use 70% X ARV less repair costs less your predetermined assignment fee.