82.5% blended occupancy rate for the first 4 months of 2017, but there are outliers in there, that number will come down a bit as the summer gets averaged in. 

I love how it blends with the area like it was an older/historic building.

"Free market" is indeed an economic system at least conceptually although in practice what often prevails is a form of mixed economy -- a blend of both free markets and government intervention. 

B) lending 500k of that 1.2m to the seller of: C) a 2 family I'll be leasing with option to buy in 5 years for 1.5m.

You can do a pet deposit or pet fee (fees are not refundable/deposits are refundable) or you could do a blend of the two; i.e. $200 pet fee/$100 pet deposit.

I see basically 4 reasons for investing in rentals: 1) Monthly rental income (cash-flow) 2) Hold for appreciation/equity (wealth building) 3) Save on taxes (reducing your AGI) 4) A blend of the above 3.

If you are trying to blend one project with the next I would use the same discount rates and weight the projects by their overall value to come up with an overall return for the rental portfolio.

Yup, ratios now-a-days are fully blended, meaning that for the most part DTI math with you+cosigner is identical to you+spouse math.Keep in mind that when your cosigner goes to buy a home or rental property themselves, their DTI in turn is quite likely to get hit with the full PITI on that property, depending on a few other factors.

The tiles I will just paint in a semi-gloss white so they blend in and aren't as noticeable/dated.So, what are your thoughts on these issues?

You should have received an annual “Schedule K-1” from the LLP informing the member of these various adjustments.LLCs and LLPs also adhere to a "blended" tax basis rule.