For the time being, consider that percentage a bonus to your new company or else see yourself as a property manager for the time being...  

If you find another buyer that is looking for a property in Maryland, you will get a bonus.

If 77% of America is eligible for a zero percent investment income, I would say that's fairly generous. 

@Frank Jiang was very generous with his time in coming up with a hypothetical scenario for you, but I'm guessing your debt payments are even worse, since he's assuming that your car and house payments are (roughly) based on the current balances rather than the original principal.  

Everything else is a bonus.

He has a podcast, and was generous in sharing how he does it at the meetup.

Hmmmm, it can help you on bonus point "things", but I think it will hurt you in the long run when solid creditors look at your credit report...

6:00PMREAL ESTATE WHOLESALE / FLIP / SELF-DIRECTED IRA WORKSHOPSMillionaire 7:00PM REAL ESTATE ENTREPRENEURS NETWORKREIA has it's bonuses but they don't let people who run other organizations attend.  

Wall Street bankers are looking at low bonuses this year, hedge fund returns are flat and some buyers of high-end real estate from China, Russia and the Middle East are cutting back.

If they can find a way to align incentive, like a bonus for finishing in a certain time frame, they could create a mechanism to get what they need from this architect.