What is the average payout for a wholesale deal?

[Bob Ewoldt]

I'm interested in using wholesaling as the first step in my real estate investment strategy, and I'm wondering what your average wholesale deal brings in terms of income.

Do you always look for the same payout (i.e. "I always shoot for $5K per deal"), or a percentage of the value ("I shoot for 5% of the deal as the wholesale payment")?