I know a lot of people have battery operated hand tools, but I can't tell you how many times (it's a lot) my on-site guys ask 'can I plug in... my battery is dead.'

We can mutually agree to terminate the lease."

Make sure you get esstopal letters before purchase to nail down the details of their lease.Why terminate.

Also if we do reason with them and are  able to get them to terminate the lease how do we redustribute the security deposit?

The termination of the LLC and distributions are covered in the OA as well.

You can negotiate a break fee for terminating the lease early in the primary lease term.

If you do not have the funds to close the deal and the buyer backs out then you will either have to come up with the funds, terminate or talk the seller into extending the contract to find another buyer.

You are correct, if your intention is not to continue with your side self-employment business activity then Solo 401k would not be the best choice for you as you would have to terminate the plan if the plan sponsor ceases to exist.While self-directed IRA LLC does not have all of the advantages of the truly self-directed Solo 401k it would be your option if you wish to have checkbook control over your retirement moneys. 

I had a house that I terminated the contract on due to the inspection and now the new buyers want a copy of my report.

If my tenants lease is terminated, do I have to give back that money?