His take is that the office manager is compensated on overall sales for the office so if you call them and tell them what you want you are more likely to get paired up with a rockstar that in fact does work with investors because it is their best interest to pair people up correctly and grease the skids for more sales.

This is the most attractive structure to me; I like that their compensation is tied to saving me money. 

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In my mind there are 4 general categories of participants in real estate investing 1- ADVISORS - Attorneys, accountants, title company employees, contractors, appraisers, etc - usually compensated fixed fee or per hour 2 - INTERMEDIARIES - Real Estate brokers, mortgage and loan brokers, “wholesalers”, - usually compensated percentage commission3 - MONEY MANAGERS - Real estate investment fund managers, mortgage fund managers, REITs, managers with discretion as to investment purchases, trust fund managers, etc

Sometimes I think why are folks doing this.. wholesaling is nothing more than brokering real estate your bringing two parties together for compensation IE the absolute definition of needing a license. 

In addition to a taxpayer's wages, salaries, tips, and other compensation, active business income includes the taxpayer's share of (1) ordinary proprietorship, partnership, or S corporation net income (or loss); (2) Section 1231 gains (or losses) from a trade or business; (3) Section 1245 and 1250 depreciation recapture from a trade or business; and (4) interest earned from working capital related to a trade or business2) You can also take bonus depreciation (50% depreciation the first year).

If anyone should compensate the Tenants, it would be the gas company that delayed turning the gas back on.2.

Our experience has been it is critical to have a "Den Mother" whom you trust living in the property.Only knowing the context in which this business operates can you evaluate whether it is a "good business" which throws off sufficient cash to compensate for the elevated administrative effort and risk which comes with running a rooming/boarding house.

It’s a deduction anyway and you’re not fighting the tenant about proper maintenance or killing your yard and trying to get compensated. 

@Derek RaivioAre you being compensated for raising money for this deal?