About 95% of the loans I do my compensation is paid by the lender.

If there is a property you need looked at in the Central Florida area please reach out , Im sure we can figure out compensation .. important thing is that you get a unbias opinion on it ..

if so, then the seller should not be able to alter the contract without compensation.

The potential person needs to be good at making sales calls and will be compensated a per diem for each appointment as well as a large commission for each closed deal. 

One coarse of action could be hiring subs that pull their own permits and have required liability and workman compensation insurances.

If you don't have access to it I would suggest you try and buddy up with a investor friendly agent who your willing to compensate for assistance.  

If the spread will be higher after the addition you must decide whether that is fair compensation for your time and to take the risk that the market changes against you during the construction period (prices can soften, interest rates can rise, etc.).

For this building, there is a live in manager that gets compensated with free rent.

Broadly speaking, as the yield on the 10-year rate increases with more favorable economic conditions, hard money lenders have to charge more interest to compensate for the higher perceived risk.

It is true that you cannot receive any compensation from the retirement account for your management and that your duties must be administrative in nature.