I am a Realtor in Madison, WI and so far as stated earlier, other than an offer of compensation no longer being listed in the MLS, not a lot has changed as far as sellers typically being agreeable to pay buyers agents at closing a buyer agency commission, and sellers just viewing that as a closing cost and focus on reaching a net proceed number they are happy with (if competing, one buyer may ask you to pay their buyer agent fee, but at a higher price where you could still net more than a lower priced Offer). 

The assignment and transfer for a free is getting compensated for the sale of real estate without a license, but people have figured out how to get around it.In short, if you are thinking of getting into wholesaling, you have to ask yourself why.

Second, quite often the builder is the one offering compensation for a buyer broker, so their fee could be covered by the builder and not out of your pocket.

Persistence and patience.Let's dissect this for a second.Lists work SO poorly that, in order to get a deal, you need to send THOUSANDS of mailers to COMPENSATE for the poor performance to get results.So you do, and you get a result.

The lease termination fee needs to be paid at the time they request this, do not substitute the security deposit for this purpose.This will ensure compensation for time, money and effort needed for a tenant turnover, including advertising and showing costs, regular repairs, utilities during vacancy etc.

I'm not sure if these high tech salaries will continue, some of them get compensated via RSU (Restricted Stock Units) My suggestions were to house hack (if they're still renting) or within a 2 to 3 hour drive.

There are the low to $0 compensation up front gigs like being an agent that have high income potential down the road vs. the immediate pay off gig like a job paying $16/hour.

How were they compensated for their time spent on this?

@Brian Burke I'm not a big fan of pref equity in the first place, as common equity investors often aren't compensated for the additional risk.

They get compensated with fees and equity in the deal.