He's changing the terms of the agreement, and you can choose to accept it or reject it.I don't think it's fair to pass this cost onto the tenant just because you are unwilling to stand up to the contractor.

Take your sales price, minus selling costs, minus any capex, minus purchase price and that’s your taxable gain.

I'm looking at monthly cost to seller vs. anticipated rental income, purchase price relevant to the ARV of the area and interest rate, balloon, etc.

Here is an example of what it costs you to avoid professional advice.

This gets you in the game with minimal upfront costs.Covering the Smaller Costs (Inspections, Appraisals, Earnest Money, etc.)Even when using other people’s money, you’ll need some cash for earnest money deposits, inspections, and carrying costs.

You also have to ask about delivery costs and more.LABORLabor charges are trickier to understand, but Google AI to the rescue! 

It did not cost me $0.01.  

You can create a formula for splitting that cost among the tenants.

In the future, I’ll factor in contractor costs more.

The CF is only playing catchup to the cost to you of the property.