@Joshua Lanzieri when renovating older properties there are almost always negative surprises.Go watch any HGTV renovation show and most of them will have this as a cliff-hanger, forcing the choice of either going over budget or cutting back elsewhere.10% overruns happen often, but 50% is NOT acceptable!

It's always a personal choice everyone has a different perspective.   

They completely wasted my time due to lack of knowledge and organization to my file; then changed their offer as if I had no other choice but to take it.

If you decide you need a third choice and didn’t choose them already.

I just wrote an offer for full asking price at 30 day close, with a contingency to extent at BUYERS choice for 30 more days if I don't get an favorable response on the electricity install costs.

But I have 0 empathy to pay for someone's CHOICE of not having there stuff insured. 

2) You MUST screen these people before renting to them, but you can use FurnishedFinders screening tool3) Otherwise, you can put your choice of screening link in your ad or include in a response template in FF.

How does one define design choices, etc?

Remember when land buyers pick a target, they have TONS of work to do getting that property from dirt to payday, so they know their purchase choices, and they have a war chest usually stacked up ready to go.

Hey Steven - An LLC is a solid choice for structuring your partnership since it offers liability protection and keeps things clean when splitting ownership and profits.