How to split commission with someone who gave me a critical contact?
So I had just closed my first deal with a senior broker, who basically walked me through the entire process. 

I have no question on how to split the part withhim as it was outlined when I joined the team. 

But the number I used to contact the CEO of lending company( the seller) came from a colleague of mine as he had previous interaction with that lender.  

Given that without this number I probably would never have reached the right person as I still remember the CEO asking me how the HELL did I get his personal number. So even though he was not involved afterwards, I feel like I need to 

I’m just posting here to ask: what is an adequate amount to give this person?(hopefully not too much as that was pretty much my entire income since I started working)My take home is about $78,000.
[{"id": "j08rc44", "text": "Sounds like he did you a solid because it wasn\u2019t a lead he wanted to pursue. I would say you could assign him up to 10% as a referral fee, but he might be happy with a steak dinner.  Actual data point: We typically pay 30% referrals in house when someone brings us in at the pricing analysis stage and then we run from listing to close.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j0ab4dr", "text": "10% is usual for where this was referred in the lifecycle", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "j0crjum", "text": "I'd give him 25% and lean on him for future referrals.", "replies": [{"id": "j0d7r72", "text": "Hmmm, you have a point. I probably should be more generous\ud83e\uddd0I do want him to feel like giving me more tips like this one in the future. I", "replies": [{"id": "j0dhc2v", "text": "Long term mindset :)", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]