We thanked her for her honesty and decided at this time we would put that idea on the shelf.  

A couple years is infinitely more than the 0 years I have, so I'm grateful for your gracious offer.How did you get your start?  

I have been told that the place to start is at www.listsource.comI have taken a look at the site and there are infinite list options. 

Just know this is my conclusion after reading everything I could and getting top shelf legal and financial advice...

I get a much worse commission split than I use to have at a small brokerage, but my ability to generate business is infinitely easier.

You should be paid for that.Real estate is about leverage and making your cash on cash return 50% to infinite.  

I just blog about it here @Nick Versettohttp://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/4640/blog_posts/44426-how-i-shifted-my-mind-to-get-infinite-return---and-how-you-can-too

But proximate cause is still met if a thrown baseball misses the target and knocks a heavy object off a shelf behind them, which causes a blunt-force injury.

By teaming up with me, they are able to carry around 12 properties each, and move them through the various stages of repair and flip.Since I finance 100% of the purchase and repair price for them, they essentially have zero money vested in the inventory, which equates to an infinite rate of return on their labor-only investment.  

I don't think it is wise to limit who your contacts may become based on if they invest or not.Matt, I understand your point about keeping the best deals for themselves, especially in markets with thin inventory, but there are still markets with enough inventory that a broker can keep all of the good deals for themselves unless they have infinite capital.