It’s your property and you can sell it FIBO, with an agent, by any other legal means, or give it to the ASPCA.

The reason should be communicated to the tenants.Since this is a case where the landlord wishes to terminate the lease early, the landlord may want to consider offering a cash incentive to the tenants.If the tenant doesn't agree, they're legally allowed to remain tenants until the remainder of the lease.

That said, it's certainly impacting my project in numerous ways and I will have legal expenses. 

Im looking at a property that has two legal units and a third that is not.

I'd imagine having a roommate who also gains equity would turn into a legal nightmare when either of us decide to move. 

Especially from a legal liability perspective.

May not be legal, but doesn't seem like it impacts your situation here. 

I agree that the cost can be outrageous, and it may be worth it if they truly live up to their end of the deal with oversight, reviewing your deals, avoiding legal traps, yeah there’s a lot we don’t know starting out.

The good thing about househacking a legal multifamily unit is that lender allows you to use the vacated units of 75% market rent as an income to offset the potential current mortgage.

Nah needs to be 30+ apartments syndicated from a blind pool of investors with no money of your own before you turn 18 years old on a sub-to commercial deal skirting the lines of legality placed in an LLC INSIDE of a reverse S-Corp with dividend disbursements on a quarterly schedule of 10+%.