My contractor mentioned he might've left them since he felt bad about up and leaving the job. 

Treat this property as a business and factor in all the associated expenses, including mortgage payments (if you pull a loan), maintenance, and potential vacancy periods.To simplify management and make this less of a hands-on job, I’d strongly recommend working with a property management company.

I don't want to go back on my own word in any way, obviously, and had stated the lease was for a year.Now I plan to use apartments.com going forward for leases and rent collectionThe newest lease with a different tenant is plainly non-renewable and requires a new lease to continue tenancy after a year and outlines fee costs.

The requirement to do this generally involves an experienced GC signing on the borrowing entity as a 20+% owner thus making them a signatory on the loan and responsible for the debt which in most cases is not very easy to find.

2 are not cashflowing with the required expenses for vacancy at 10%, repairs at 10% and capital expenditures at 5%.

What documents do they require, what credit scores do they allow, how do they verify previous rental history, etc.?

Just make sure you have all the required permits, including alcohol.

If any of the proceeds touch the sellers hand the IRS sees it as taking profit and you will have to pay taxes on that portion.Net proceeds - Is the net sale, minus any Equity in home being sold.I find a lot of investors who want to purchase less than their reinvestment requirements will do the calculation to see what their tax burden would be if they purchase less than they sell.

I know a great agent in the area who helped my friend buy in Ogden and did a great job negotiating.

Known as an Improvement or Build-to-Suit Exchange, the process requires a Qualified Intermediary (QI) to hold the proceeds, and an Exchange Accommodation Titleholder (EAT) typically oversees the improvements.