**Risk and Reward** - If the engineer or developer is assuming some risk (such as project financing, delays, or cost overruns), their higher percentage may be justified

So risk reward and they all closed in time so the builder did not have his bank foreclosing on them.

Suffer through and you'll eventually be rewarded.

Being nice to lazy investors, just rewards bad behavior and doesn't push them to be more resourceful - and hence more successful.It is a free country though, so best of luck with your approach:)

Originally posted by @Michelle Winberry:@J Scott Kim's analogy was about accessing an Experienced Mentor, if you get that free, awesome, if you don't have that luxury then an investor does what is appropriate, get one and pay for it....Just to clarify, in the business world, mentors are typically unpaid -- they are people you have a personal relationship with and who help you because they have a vested interest in your success, not in a monetary reward. 

The miners are compensated on transactions and more importantly rewarded with coins.

When successful it is quite rewarding and can lead to favorable basis and financing opportunities but there are certainly risks and its important to have plenty of reserves and be realistic with time frames.

My perceived risk at the time whether, right, wrong, or indifferent, the reward for me just wasn’t there.

So there are many more participants at the novice level who may not understand the risk/reward nature of this type of investment. 

Sounds like a lot of moving parts and hoops for the amount of tax savings, but that's just my risk/reward profile speaking.