They have to carry liability and workers compensation insurance.

Set clear expectations, when the work will be completed, how often they do it, and what is the compensation.3.

As an investor, which you and your brother with this property are, you want to look at fair compensation on the one hand and source of funding on the other.

However, it can vary widely.The contract I use says that I will be paid by the Buyer, but I will attempt to procure compensation from the Seller or Seller's agent.

One workaround I have heard is to have an agreement to compensate the buyers agent. 

Without this disclosure, the Listing Agent is obligated to pay the Selling Office whatever is represented as Selling Office Compensation ("SOC") in the MLS---even if the Lender mandates the commission be reduced as a condition of "Short Sale" approval. 2) All Sale transactions involving "Short Sales" should include a PURCHASE AGREEMENT ADDENDUM (CAR form PAA) with the following procedures:a) Paragraph 5 on page 2 of form PAA is checked and a date (45 days is suggested) by which a Lender must approve the "Short Sale" must be inserted.

This accounts for 1-2 months of vacancy and one month of rent as compensation for leasing.

Your time will be compensated for, of course.

This to me is unacceptable compensation for the risk involved. 

They also work nationwide and have a great reputation.I am not compensated for this in anyway.