Why couldn't you just account for the percentage you pay the contractor as an expense when you file your taxes using a 1099 or other appropriate tax form?

So far, in my case it is not so.Your equating professionals / Hobbyists with Investors /traders is right on the... money.Regarding what you call job in managing your properties, not every work is a job however, if you relate to your work as the manager of your properties as a job, than you should pay yourself a salary or percentage of your rent as if you did should you decide to hire a PM.In this case, you would be a professional manager and a real estate investor...

What percentage of the profit are we looking at receiving if we are using an investor’s capital?

You may not get a percentage of your students' deals, but you would get to help others, make a little money, and show your expertise.

I have heard of the bank threatening, but never doing.So long as you keep up the payments taxes and insurance, you will be OK.Now in the future, if interest rates were to climb to say 12%, then the bank may in fact want to excersize that right as they would feel they are losing out on many interest point percentages.

I would get a percentage of what he closes on for the month and free training.

Jessica, I personally would not recommend talking much with RE sales people (i.e. realtors) to learn about real estate investing because only a very small percentage of them know much about investing themselves.

March figures to April figures show that the forclosure notice percentage is down from 46 to 32.

Are there any traditional lenders that will do a portfolio loan on a new condo if the percentage of ownership etc. don't meet Fannie guidelines?

Now you(any entity other than an individual) basically pay a small percentage of your net income.