I doubt there is anything in the contract about communicating in a timely manner.

It’s filling out in a less dense manner cuz there’s so much space.  

My wife and I move into the house since we are looking to move to the area anyways, and we all do a lot of the rehab ourselves, probably with my wife and I doing a little more since we would be living there.In this case, how does the friend with cash get their money out of this deal in a time-efficient manner, since they're primarily looking at this as a flip? 

We have had no trouble getting our rents increased as long as we have three comps to support it and send in our request in a timely manner, 60 days out. 

Ultimately, clear communication and expectations handled in a respectful manner can avert any issue.

We here in the south value manners and being polite.What is it you are lacking?

And even tougher to get it financed.. from what I can see the only folks that build new are subsidized housing in some manner or  big tax credit plays something other than normal economics.

It's just packaged fancier and marketed in a way that makes it more compelling to folks who might not realize that people have been doing this for a very long time. 

And via the clustering we are utilizing green-space in a communal manner thus reducing foot-print of that BUT retaining such perception as each unit has walkout to what seems a BIG green space.

Supplement this far simpler entity approach by ensuring you have appropriate types and levels of insurance, you operate your business in a manner in which your conduct is not considered an exclusion in your policy, you work with licensed and insured vendors, you execute contracts with indemnification clauses with these same vendors/ require additional insured status &  maintain appropriate licensing and permits.