I'm looking at a multifamily 4 unit with a "bonus" basement unit in Illinois. 

Buy it based on the current number of units, and if you can add one more in the basement then consider it a bonus, but don't base your offer/purchase price on the assumption you'll be able to do so.

Look at all the suppliers that are around Dell in Round Rock.

Are there other models i can look at to round out my search criteria2.

Another option in place of the transaction fee is adding a bonus on your end when a transaction does go through.

Tenants also tend to sign leases for 5-10 years which adds a nice bonus compared to residential.

What has me pumped is that I can claim 100% bonus depreciation on the trailers and wipe out a ton of ordinary income with the tax loss.

I have a very successful broker in town with properties all over the country that is willing to hold my license, and he obviously stands to be an excellent mentor.My reputation in town is starting to bring me leads on a semi regular basis, and now that I’ll have a handful of ways to handle those leads (buy and hold, flip, send to other investors, list on MLS with my license), I wanted to figure out a way to pay referral bonuses to the people who send them, based on the end result of that lead.

While I wait for the financing to go through (banker says ~60 days right now) - I'm focusing on rounding out my education and practicing analyzing properties so that I can act fast when I see a good deal when the money is available.   

Even when they are collecting unemployment insurance, with the added bonus of $600 / week from the feds, some of them weren't paying a single penny.