We are trying to start off Wholesaling, however would be interested in doing some Bird-dogging to gain knowledge for a seasoned Investor in the Richmond area.

A bird dog that called me with this lead today.The house is a 3br 2ba ranch, sf is 1740, tax value is assessed at 150k.

However, you role is to introduce principals (owner and investor/buyer).You get paid by the buyer who values your "bird dogging" and you get to observe, to some extent, how the investor works.The obvious advantage to this arrangement is that if you are newer to real estate and are unfamiliar with documentation, escrow and title, you don't have to negotiate the fine details of the deal, merely find the essential pieces.Deal finders can realistically expect to make 5-10% of the profit of a given deal.Caveat: your state may consider this to be an activity requiring a license, however even in my over-regulated state, CA ,this is an accepted practice.This makes more sense to me than getting bogged down in negotiations, what to offer, terms, documenting, funding and closing the deal.

Sounds like you are basically bird dogging buyers for the wholesaler.

I need to get a trailer bird dog!  

The unit with the dogs needs the floor replaced anyway, My wife & I have decided to charge a $25 a month pet fee on top of the rent.

That's what addictive behavior is.

And, this doesn't last forever, if some builder is in the public domain and they are not under a current agreement being represented, that builder is fair game.This happens to agents all the time, an agent will cart someone around for weeks in their car, they buy lunch, watch their kids, wash the prospects' car, feed his dog and fail to get a written authorization to represent them.

Cats are harmless a big dog maybe but if they pay a deposit. 

For example, if a tenant has a dog that is not allowed in the lease are you required by law to give them a warning to remove the dog, or are you able to just go straight into the eviction process and just send them the papers?