The seller would be wise to keep this in a separate account for use at the purchase or in case it needs to be paid back.

Rule number 1:  The lease contract and the Option contract, or two separate contracts, and should NEVE be connected in any way. 

I opted to buy a separate property with better cash flow.

Then use Airbnb profits to pay off any remaining investments over a short-term period (3-5 years)Take out a separate mortgage and buy the family out?

Is it possible to get a separate water meter and boiler for each legal apartment in Brooklyn, New York, so the tenant will be responsible for water, cooking gas, and electric?

The AGENCY document, and compensation, are 2 COMPLETELY separate items, although yes they do commonly appear on the same documents as a detail to such and the 1 same document is commonly used as an instrument in such commissions established. 

However as a general rule of thumb when the lenders begin to nudge you when you are operating smaller assets single LLC's, its usually time to begin acquiring in a separate LLC.I don't want my comment about having separate management LLC's to be construed as having separate deed holder LLC's.

Bottom line is you are investing, which does give you some separation. 

When the cost of an employee isn't recovered by that employee's work, then that employee is gone, or at least placed where their cost is self sustaining.Every property is (or should be as) its own separate self sustaining business, much like Little Caesars has many businesses under that corporate name. 

That is what confuses me, they are two separate assets in my mind.