@Jeremy KerrProps for stepping out of your comfort zone.To be honest, your worth in this particular deal is whatever the experienced large scale investor thinks it is (assuming you have no finder’s fee written contract in place.)Ballpark estimate in my opinion is that finding the deal might be worth 5% to 10% of the deal pending structure of the deal.If the large scale investor is a person of character and integrity, he should provide some form of compensation given your relationship with this person.My suggestion would be to not focus on the compensation per se but try to learn as much as you can from this person during the evaluation of the deal.

Moreover, before receiving your real estate license (In Georgia), there are some general qualifications you must meet which I’ll list below:1.You must be 18 years old or older.2.You must be a Georgia resident unless you’re applying for a non- resident license.3.You must be of good and honest character, in other words not convicted of any felony or crime and not have violated any fair housing laws.4.You must be a high school graduate or hold a certificate of equivalency.If you meet the above general requirements you are safe to move on to the next step which is the application process to your pre-licensing course.

You cannot depreciate the portion of the purchase attributed to the value of the land. 

I attribute the failure rate to 2 things that MOST Realtors don't do - 1. prospect/cold call for new business 2.

How do you perceive their character?

Typically most states where you are NOT a resident only effectively tax income specifically attributable to that state in their allocation and appointment calculations. 

If his numbers are less than you paid, then you can ask, but I don't think you should have any expectation of getting refunds.You are allowed reasonable actual damages from the delay, but if you didn't get revised timeframe from added work it'd be real easy for him to layout five months worth of labor on top of the original timeframe and attribute it to changes you requested.This sounds less like, "I overpaid" and more, "I didn't manage".

character and degree of supervision or control over representatives selling the propertyNote: Per court case SUBURBAN REALTY CO. v.

More importantly, you get a gut feeling as to the character of all the contractors and whether or not you want to do business with them long-term.

I think this speaks volumes about character development and loyalty in such settings to create morally sound folk and great people overall but I’d like to know how to better apply such recruitment and selection criteria when it comes down to reaching contractors to begin with a positive narrative.