@Richard Roberts - You saw implied in the film The Big Short that mortgage originators got bonuses and the like for putting people in crappier (for the borrower) loans.

If the borrower makes the balloon that is a bonus if not then it still fits your model.Bob

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Hello Gentlemen, The little things are big bonus when you add them up. 

I would say 500 per month is not much, but would consider that as a bonus and your safety gap if things go south. 

Is it legal to offer real estate agents a bonus for finding you investment property?

I will handle all the demo and some smaller bonus projects myself too.

The problem comes in when you change jobs and one employer calls it a bonus and the other calls it a commission.  

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