Any other direction you go you will have liability exposure -- if you try to pull it out it may break apart in transport and if you sell it you may get sued for it being tainted with mold.

After firing the property manager, I have had increased exposure to the tenants.

If you do flips on your own from the deals, the brokerage will be happy because they will get on-market exposure and a split for some of them.

The unfortunate thing here is that investment properties foreclose at a higher rate than primary homes so many banks just don't want the exposure to this.

I'm wondering if a) I can increase rent at all (or did I need to give notice 2 months in advance) and b) if the tenant signs another lease, can that be for higher rent (annual, month to month, etc.)Essentially, I want a higher monthly rent payment for the increased exposure of not having a tenant for the entire year. 

I have plenty of people interested in my flips before they are done, but they are told what our expected list price will be and that if they want it early they are going to have to go FAR above that for us to even consider passing on market exposure.

If you have exposure to a state gross receipts tax, then the latter presentation becomes disadvantageous and its correctness needs to be more heavily scrutinized.

A licensed attorney or CPA would be necessary to get real answers.Some concerns:The lender may not issue a loan to you if your skin in the game is coming from another party.The hard money loan would need to be non-recourse if the IRA is involved.The IRA may have exposure to tax on unrelated debt-financed income.The presence of the IRA in the deal could complicate the post-rehab refinance, which would need to be non-recourse if the IRA is still in the deal. 

@Pedro Bartolomei ask yourself how much exposure you have outside of the real estate investments vs inside them.

So, who would have the most risk exposure of not getting paid?