Made a handshake deal with him I would use him to list a property when it sells in return he will help me find something that the numbers work.Okay, I'm just going throw out something that you might want to keep in the back of your mind here...I work with a lot of investors, and there two investors who I do everything from being their buyers agent, managing their rehabs, staging, and being their listing agent.

My mom is thinking about offering a staging service..

I really don't think he'd play a shill at this stage of his life.

At this stage of the game, I would prefer to outsource what I didn't want to do rather than taking on a partner.

For managing rehabs for other investors, he gets 50% of income.For other jobs he helps with where we generate income (like helping my wife stage another investor's property), we'll generally give him a small percentage of the profit off that job.And then we generally give a bonus at the end of the year if we exceed our profit goals.I should also add that he saves us some money on some simple handyman type stuff, as he will do things like put up mini-blinds, replace outlets/switches, do minor punch list work, etc, while he is on-site.

Just minor stuff such as room painting, crown in a couple rooms, stove top, etc, etc.Amazing what a difference cleaning and staging made on this place.Listed today for $109,900...

Habitat for humanity, staging / decorating : home-decorators outlet online 80% discount tier. http://www.homedecorators.com/Price_Cuts/5000%25/ High end furniture or specialty shops ask them to call you with damaged stock.

Gives me a chance to critique their work, and sometimes pick up a thing or two about what fixtures are "in", what staging should be used, what flooring the competition is going with, etc.

Right now I am at the stage of education and research of this strategy.

When a buyer walks in my flip after walking through 8 other houses I want them to notice the added sizzle features like granite countertops, that it's cleaner than other houses (i.e. windows washed inside and out) and it's tastefully staged.