Quote from @Obed Calixte: What responses have you received from the sellers in response to them procuring a broker to represent them in the deal?

Hi Kyle, I'm sorry you're having issues procuring a tenant.

Leveraging you primary residence in order to procure financing for the a rental property will certainly give you the opportunity to get the best rate. 

If this agent has been the procuring cause of sale, you are about to submit an offer and you feel confident with this agents representation let that determine if you want the ability to "shop around." 

I was looking at procuring the flooring from Costco for around $2/sqft and having a local installer put it in, but I should check HD and Lowe's to see what the comparable rates would be.

Ask them why they decided to buy what they bought - it will give you all you need to know about their thought process and if they can procure a good deal for you. 

Real estate agent, wholesaler, material procurement, GC, etc. 

A real estate broker, for the purposes of this article, is defined to be a person, firm or corporation who, for a fee, commission or other valuable consideration, or by reason of a promise or reasonable expectation thereof, lists for sale, sells, exchanges, buys or rents, or offers or attempts to negotiate a sale, exchange, purchase or rental of real estate or an interest therein, or collects or offers or attempts to collect rent for the use of real estate or solicits for prospective purchasers or assists or directs in the procuring of prospects or the negotiation or closing of any transaction which does or is contemplated to result in the sale, exchange, leasing, renting or auctioning of any real estate or negotiates, or offers or attempts or agrees to negotiate a loan secured or to be secured by mortgage or other encumbrance upon or transfer of any real estate for others, or any person who, for pecuniary gain or expectation of pecuniary gain conducts a public or private competitive sale of lands or any interest in lands.

AZ has some very stringent construction defect suits and is the hardest state to procure GL for a GC.So you are taking an extremely high risk by working with uninsured contractors.

I traded some private coaching for his son in order to be able to purchase any multifamily unit of his that he has procured in a recent buyout from another aging investor.