For various reasons, I'd really like to get a tenant in there who has personal roots/ties in the town I'm in.

It looks like I have to set even stronger limits so he gets the point, to be able to last til the end of the lease, but because he said "according to my attorney" I want to make sure that when doing so I have a lawyer back-up plan --- just in case.

I wanted to cover a couple aspects and see if anyone can help tie up loose ends.

you may be running into the negative perception of wholesalers who tie up property with no means to actually close. and if they cant assign the contract they walk . 

However some of that could be tied to other trends during that time.BTW east coast is expected to have full power by the weekend according to FPL. 

The current project connected 2 neighboring counties so property ownership, tax delinquent and all motivations are tied across counties.

Then you're not tying everything up in that one property.

I have been flipping in Austin and San Antonio for a while, and what I'm here to tell you is maybe you can or maybe you can't, but I BRRRR'd a house in San Antonio and not only have no money tied up in it anymore, but I put $5,000 in my pocket for my trouble.

I have enough capitol to buy the property cash, however that would mean me losing out on the fantastic BRRRR strategy and tying up money that I could put into future investments. 2 questions:Is there a version of BRRRR where I could self-finance the buying and renovating, then somehow refinance my money back out of it? 

I would pay the $40k myself but my money is currently tied up in another deal.