I'm very interested in the mobile home niche and would like to bird dog for you.

The day care in an investment property just seems like a great start to additional income and killing two birds with one stone.

I'm not doing that, but I know a lot of people who use bird dogs pay $5-$10 per house, whether they buy it or not.

I was thinking that would kill two birds with one stone.

Being a bird dog is a great way to earn some money while learning the process along the way.

I have an opportunity to get a mortgage for the first time ever (due to a confluence of positive circumstances such as mortgage rates, my DtoI ratio, my wife working, etc) and am inclined to get two or three, thinking that a good SFD is almost always going to be a good bet if it flows and doesn't need a new HVAC or roof for some time, and even if housing prices drop due to major economic fundamentals going awry such as a stock market bubble burst or our debt problems coming home to roost, or the middle class going the way of the dodo bird ...

The borrower had their name on title and they gave me a first position mortgage with an accompanying promissory note.

Also, these better rates are usually accompanied with larger "junk fees" (processing, appraisal, transfer, etc) and especially when using some of the very large LTV loans. 

I was asked by my boss today to stop being a bird-dog, and to start bringing investors in.

There are good and not so good things about wholesaling, rehabbing and bird dogging for a fee.