I would look into having a sit down with a good lawyer instead of getting advice from friends or even people here. 

And continue to drive home that unless the debtor tenant has a nice income to attach to or is sitting on a large savings that isn't exempt, the judgement is only worth the paper it is written on.

Shawn1) Strongly recommend before going into business with anyone that you sit down and talk through all the "what if" situations about the partnership.After doing that you need to sit down with an attorney and lay out everything you guys have agreed to.

I mean if you are sitting on 5 referrals and the agent would make 35k do you get anything?

I am glad to pay him but I don't want to sit in his office.  

The person could retire now and sit in the top one percent of the American income earners, but he does keep working to receive better retirement when he is ready to retire.I asked him why he never left and why he kept working.

The private lender was a family member and willing to just let it sit and ride.  

I normal sit down and spend some time working with a client to figure out their needs and goals so we can make that happen.

I just had my first sit down with a realtor and it went pretty well, after speaking with her she wants to work with me.

Take that 3 to 7 thousand and put into into an appreciating asset....not some slick suited dude that charges beginners thousands of dollars to sit there and dream, while he tells you all about how great he is as his staff runs your credit card in the back room.