(I'm in Arizona so your results may vary) Compensation can only be paid to a licensed broker so you can't pay "finder fees" to unlicensed bird dogs or wholesalers.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.  

However, you could start by helping an investor "bird dog" deals for a finder's fee.

If they need bird dogs then be a bird dog.

Then put that into a spread sheetFind an ac company and tell them what you are doing and give them the sf of the place, theyll come back and give you some specific numbers on units, labor, options .

How about helping someone bird dog for properties? 

Is it legal to pay someone not licensed a fee for a referral aka bird dogging?

Additionally, my AC project needed some steam pipes moves, but because they were a plumbing and AC company, they were able to handle all of this (steam was too close to breaker boxes).If you have an older home you may have more electrical work needed than you think.

Never know what you’re going to find when you open a wall in an old house. 99.9% of the time it’s tons of rat poop, mummified cats, opossums, rabbits birds and insects.

We just saw the Rivers Casino breaking ground on a new hotel that will be accompanied by a major upcoming development called the "Esplanade" transforming Pittsburgh's North Shore.