@Mike NelsonI pay myself the same every month because of filing 945s etc. and then a bonus at end of year.

And a 'bonus' on top of that for anything over the $25k.....I don't see anything wrong with it but mine is just a surface view - I don't have my realtors license to know what's legal and what isn't.

If all the tenants have been in place for less than two year, you know that you will experience a decent turnover rate, and consider anything over a year to be bonus. 

They may give you a percentage of every referral you give them or bonuses, but again it depends on the broker. 

@Paul Allen: This is the sum of some bonus payment, plus my money in Wealthfront account which I exited, and some Vanguard muni-bonds I cashed out due to fed rate hikes resulting in negative returns in bonds.

If you don’t need it then you have a bonus for Cash Flow.

The property checked every box for me, and as a bonus, the seller was even willing to offer financing.

What we do, is make sure we can make money on the property, regardless of whether or not we can subdivide or not, and think of the subdivision as a bonus if we can do it, instead of the only way to make the deal work.Hope this helps!

The money is an added bonus. :)

And considering everything else he does for me, it is worth it for me to pay him the extra bonus.