Our informal arrangement is that when we bring him the buyer, at closing he gives us a flat fee, regardless of the purchase price. 

You also might be able to get a management company to work a deal for say a flat monthly payment in this example say $100 flat fee per month. 

i always focused on multiple income properties like Block of flats / MFR , Home and incomes etc. these are much better to support the loan payment then single houses. 

If you can partner with someone that has a contractors license, you may be able to obtain private money or sell the opportunty for a share of the profit or for a flat fee in escrow. 

(Kind of reminds me of Columbus, which is growing even though Ohio has flat or negative growth.)Interest rates are on the rise, which is going to start showing up in the data very soon.  

It’s a two-flat with a 3BR, 1.5BA in our unit on the first floor, and a 3BR, 1BA on the 2nd floor which we rent out for $2300 per month.  

I expect some issues with flat roofs in the Chicago area, and can tell pretty quickly how much trouble they will be. 

He'd prefer equity in the deals instead of flat out payments or a loan, but I don't know what is fair.

I had recently just refinanced our two-flat to get out of the PMI using a major, big name bank.

Population growth is flat, as well as income.