Unfortunately, they settled out of court at 70% of repair costs, still a little better than no compensation.

If I was to find a multifamily deal that I did not want to syndicate, but instead, flip to another group who wanted to, what compensation should be considered fair for finding the deal and letting them take over?

@James Green Thanks for the imput I will make sure I outline the compensation structure great point.

They don't get compensated for labor and management by adding it onto the purchase price.

I see you're paying for items but are they receiving compensation? 

All of my marketing mostly pulls up GREAT listing leads for you as a realtor (which you can be compensated by a marketing fee from the realtor-no different than paying a lead source company, actually it can be cheaper)Also I'd like to say that if someone brought me the same deal 20K cheaper than when I looked at it and they only wanted 5K for doing so, I don't care where it's from.

Of #1-3 I prefer #1&2 over #3 as I feel the provider has more "skin in the game" and their compensation is better aligned to yours as the passive investor.

It is very tempting when you start out to use money to compensate for skills you still have to aquire.One of the golden rules is: you make money when you buy.

Compensation paid must be reasonable, but it can reduce any gifted amount later on.  

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