I have no idea what a normal finders or referral fee would look like.

Things must be crazier than normal with the Scott pad launch.

This also puts the tenants in the position of just not reporting or addressing problems, which normally just turn into larger problems.

How much would a gut normally cost you?

Avoid online auctions if you like to gamble, and can't resist putting in "just one more" bid.3.  

However the agent is normally paid for from the sellers side Even the buyers agent is normally paid for by the seller.

One tip that I picked up here is while you are saving money for your investments, start driving / visiting areas you would like to invest in so you get a feel for prices, rents , house conditions etc, and visit and look at lots of homes and open houses so your eye get used to looking at repairs / upgrades that are normal in a particular market.

This is not a normal investing strategy we use as this deal just kind of fell in my lap.

This is normally what I use in my cheap flips, $.70 per sq foot at home depot.

Now that we are back to a more normal market here in CA I've joined a few partners in forming an aggressive hard money lending firm.