In short you can buy or sell notes at a discount or premium to "face value". 

SECOND BUT - BUT, This is what consumers want, otherwise there would be many more sellers using flat fee discounted brokers.  

If you want secondary for syndication there are bunch of funds where you can buy investment fund 40 percent discount …Niche only liquid for 3 mo is good thing

I also thought this area would be a good long term buy and hold, as there is a tremendous amount of investment in the nearby corridor to revitalize it, and it's adjacent to one of the best neighborhoods in the city.

Usually our cleaning company lets us know the place is still clean.I usually send a nice email hoping all is ok and letting them know they can book with us in the future with a 10pct discount.

What is the average/normal financial incentive given to realtors that provide you leads of distressed sellers that are willing to sell RE at a discount?

Agree with Ken.This may just be a ploy to get a discount.

I've been having a hard timing finding good cashflowing opportunities that are not foreclosures or deeply discounted.

You can’t protest that the seller got a discount you don’t qualify for.

In the future, you’ve already built in a transparency of the monetary value for the contractor position, should the salary be  “waived”, “discounted” or “delayed-til-closing” as an added investment element.