Locate the local group and ask internally for a real estate agent who understands the "investor mindset", which is totally different than how a homeowner looks at properties.I am a brokerage in Orlando, and we focus on procuring HUD houses for investors who either rehab or wholesale.

It also reduces the risk that someone tries to claim they don't owe you a commission (state laws vary on how to qualify as the "procuring cause" and this can get complex fast).  

This is easy to procure if you use an accounting software. 

@Michael Woodruff  As @Nick C. said, that is exactly the kind of thing that requires a real estate license in Massachusetts.Here are the most relevant parts of the MA law from the link I provided above - the emphasis is mine:''Real estate broker'', hereinafter referred to as broker, any person who for another person and for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or with the intention or in the expectation or upon the promise of receiving or collecting a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, does any of the following: sells, exchanges, purchases, rents or leases, or negotiates, or offers, attempts or agrees to negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, rental or leasing of any real estate, or lists or offers, attempts or agrees to list any real estate, or buys or offers to buy, sells or offers to sell or otherwise deals in options on real estate, or advertises or holds himself out as engaged in the business of selling, exchanging, purchasing, renting or leasing real estate, or assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or completion of any agreement or transaction which results or is intended to result in the sale, exchange, purchase, leasing or renting of any real estate.As I said before, there is not a millimeter's worth of wiggle room in there.Right now, I'm working with a young couple who is selling their home here in W.

So I decided to strike out on my own and procure deals for myself... one problem.

It's not unusual, particularly if they're told they will be released soon.You can sign a contract electronically, by fax, in counterpart, etc while you are on vacation as long as it's included in the contract that signatures in that format are acceptable.You're trying to sell a co-op in a market that favors buyers, in what is historically one of the slowest times of the year, to a "rock solid" buyer that your broker procured.

I also know a few good procurement specialists here that might be able to help answer some of your importing questions and ideas.

@Brooks Rembert I understand, what do you think is our best option in terms of procuring deals right now?

You need to look at that agreement because if the brokerages was (procuring cause- made the introduction or in others ways started the process) they can claim you owe them the money.I wouldn't be stepping over dollars to save pennies.Typically the brokerage might negotiate the LOI but the commercial attorneys do the full lease.

Have you already procured a loan and ready to close?