It had some golden nuggets in there that I'm trying to soft through.

We had a "soft" money lender do a presentation on how his company loans to investors all over the country and how their rates are much more reasonable than a hard money lender.  

7k is ridiculous i have a distributor acct and can get a kitchen done for $1500-3000 solid wood soft close cabinets.

The best scenario is for the EMD to stay soft until you have removed both your DD contingency and your loan contingency. 

Make sure drawers and doors have a soft close feature as this will also increase the lifetime that the cabinets will last (in addition to protecting kids fingers)Lastly I would splurge a bit on the back splash.  

What I would ask this soft-hearted landlord/seller for is a notice of intent to enter if the tenant won't show the house willingly.  

Proceeds to be used for soft costs for hotel development - plans, permits, entitlements.

When jumping into building from the ground up, try to always know you True Cost.Both Soft Cost and Hard Cost. 

I think you'll have better luck calculating all of your costs, hard and soft, and make an offer with the margin you need to take it on.

Good contractors - they are like the 10lb bass I've been after, I haven't caught one yet!