By no means am I expert at this yet, but reading is the key to gaining knowledge in this industry.  

My thoughts are - use the capital to gain an equity stake in the company without investing any of my own capital, use the capital and provide capital of my own and take a percentage equity stake, use the capital and pay a fixed rate of interest (approx. 10%). 

@Jenn Kinchen Networking with professionals in the industry, marketing directly to the owners (calling and mailing), and establishing yourself as the go to player in your market for bigger deals is gaining some traction for us. 

I was not mentioned on said paperwork, and since ultimately he rejected my requested commission, I'm not gaining anything financially in the property besides my partnership with the buyer

Then you need to simultaneously identify a new property and sell this one.Its lot more complicate, but working with a good team will get you through this and avoid capital gains on the property sale.Upen Patel, Mortgage BankerFederal NMLS# 1374243 

Through various jobs i have gained a good amount of handyman skills and would like to use that to my advantage.

I won't say that prices aren't exorbitant in Vancouver but I think there are fundamental forces driving these price gains.

Brother and sister sold for 200k they owed 20% capital gain on 190k "carry over basis" if they would have waited their basis would be stepped up on date of death to the fair market value of property or 200k so they would owe no tax on the sale of the property.  

Because I'm a licensed contractor I believe there are substantial gains to be made - building :ground-up" apartment communities. 

I'm completely new to the world of real estate and plan on using my license as a way of gaining experience for my own investment deals.