There are also "No-Prepays" which is usually true to the program and debt ratios that can exceed 45% with compensating factors. 

Tying into that, make sure you understand the sponsor's compensation.

In order to achieve this goal, you need a passive income that meets three requirements:Inflation compensating: Rental income keeps pace with inflation, enabling you to maintain your standard of living by providing additional dollars needed to pay inflated prices today and in the future.Persistent income: Your income will last so you will not run out of money.Reliable income: Your income continues even in difficult economic times.Maintaining your living standard depends on being able to buy the same goods and services in the future as you do today.

Your agent gives it to the "former" listing agent.The former listing agent is then going to call the seller & say "I have a buyer for your building" They will then most likely work out a compensation plan similar to what that agent was going to get when it was an active listing.

I was glad to have my license.I would tell you to ensure you compensate an agent for his or her time. 

In my limited experience here, it is less likely this will be the case with franchises than with boutique or local brokerages since the compensation structure of management doesn't port well well the franchises' billing methods. 

You'd have to go through a number of scenarios and discussions with your group of investors to find an alignment with them and a fair compensation for your services.Reading a few books on syndications will help as well: "best ever syndication book" and "it's a whole new business".

I am considering the partnership and looking for ideas to structure the deals so that he is appropriately compensated for the use of the capital. 

Control and compensation are two different issues.Start going to MF Conferences, get busy and social media, and reach out to people who are where you want to be - not 10 steps ahead of you but rather 2 or 3 steps ahead of you.Hope this helps - happy to discuss further.

I'm happy to properly compensate a wholesaler for doing the leg work in finding me a deal.