I checked it out purely out of curiosity: It ended up being a $20k "educational" network of "investors," where, if you bring in the next victim - ahem, "trainee" - who signs up, you get some money back (I think $5k for each) from the $20k you put up.Out of further curiosity, I asked what would happen if I brought another "trainee" in without first paying my $20k; would I get the $5k?

For all that, I will NOT get compensated other than hopefully with a happier tenant whose utility bill will probably decrease a good bit.  

If you are taking the risk with the property you should be compensated 100%. 

Chris,Chris,If you hire a company to do the repairs and they pay the employees then you need to see proof that the company has General Liability, Business Auto, and especially WORKERS COMPENSATION.

If double net cap rate needs to go much higher to compensate. 

Folks,Until I started getting interested in becoming a landlord/real estate investor, I never thought about the impact a natural disaster would have on your rental property let alone the tenants that are displaced or ...

Preventing that process is probably the greatest opportunity both for investors and victims.

At the end of the day, I would be out of the LLC/partnership but mortgage in my name for which I will be compensated for the risk.

I plan to partner with a family relative who has a strong credit and good income/debt ratio, I am trying to figure out a good compensation - agreement to make this worth a while for him.

Do not for any reason ever offer any tenant any money as compensation.