I have read that some like to go light on the acquisition fees and heavier on the refinance/disposition fee.

Hi all, Any advice on what percentage one should pay a dispositions & acquisitions specialists for their part in the transaction and a description of duties for each.

I believe you’ve got to make a choice; either you run a BUSINESS and if it’s a startup expect to spend 50 hours per week or more at it, or you INVEST in real estate, maybe growing your portfolio to the point where you employ property managers, and concentrate on the acquisition, disposition, analysis, negotiation, financing. tax minimization, asset protection, structure, operation efficiency, expense reduction, revenue enhancement, and strategy of real estate properties.  

Even the handful of viable deals I have found have left me with pause when I start to envision the future of this state in general and especially landlord disposition in the eyes of state and local government.

I am pretty sure that a transfer to a trust is exempt from the due on sale clause only when it is done for estate planning purposes i.e. the homeowner remains a beneficiary (see below).12 USC § 1701j–3 - Preemption of due-on-sale prohibitions(d) Exemption of specified transfers or dispositions

Understand contracts, both on the acquisitions and dispositions side6.

Should photos and receipts be included with disposition of security deposit?

I think if the realtor matched the pricing that the construction person did then it would be fair.But there are two sides to a realtors job, the acquisition and disposition and only one to the construction side.

Less tax advantages, all regular income tax not capital gains, and usually 100% disposition. 

That being said, mindset comes 1st, marketing becomes 2nd, execution 3rd, and disposition last.