I'm invested with individuals who have each put much more cash into the deal than I have, and their only compensations is a fixed percent of total profit. 

Hours of servicing the loans in all their aspects quickly eats up the points we received at the beginning of each mortgage & it feels like we're doing all the work for no compensation.  

For example, you could create a weighted structure where a percentage of profits is based on cash contributions, and another portion compensates for rehab or management efforts.Rent Payments and Tax-Free Profits:If you structure it as an owner-occupied property, the rent you pay could be shared proportionally, but tax-free gains on resale may only apply to your share, as you’d be the owner-occupant.

So you missing that investors are well compensated for the risk associated with the various policies/regulations. 

I know they are compensated per unit for the inspection, do you think it would be an issue if I just registered a fifth unit and made sure it met all the requirements?

Salaries, compensation, rent, taxes, utilities, fees, MLS, etc.The flat fee model is a recipe for disaster."

They come out every now and then for show and pretend to punish the banks, who pay fines with victim and shareholder money.

You have a lot going on and if you had a 457 you were a highly compensated EE.   

In my market, almost all sellers are still offering buyer compensation so you could hire an agent hourly, pay them, and then the seller will also pay them comp on your behalf so it doesn't really make any sense to do and no good agents will do this in my opinion.

I would love to be shown how this page of 2017 victims is propogandist:http://www.dogsbite.org/dog-bite-statistics-fatali...It's absolutely not propogandist to release the narrative that is agreed upon by the authorities of the 15 people that have lost their life to dogs so far in 2017.