I like this because it keeps everyone honest and doesn’t put anyone in a compromising position.To be even more formal, and total overkill for your loan, there are construction fund control companies like Hasz that will hold the money and also perform the construction inspections, so your lender knows these were done per code, with formal lien releases, etc.

A good contractor will never compromise himself.

If you can't see which is which, then consider quartz (the man-made, not quartzite) A HUGE step up from laminate for just a little extra $$I've done many, many kitchens (mostly custom, I'll admit) and the above choices usually are the best compromise between quality and price.I would expect to spend $25k for a nice kitchen, NI appliances which can be all over the place price-wise...

It does not compromise the buyers safety. 

In the newspaper article, they say they are trying to compromise.

They key - pick GOOD tenants without compromising standards... do background checks, verify job, income, get past landlord recommendations, no past evictions, etc.

I'm aiming for pretty high ROI without too much compromise on the 'steady' and 'passive' qualities.

Just make sure you don't drop the ball on conveying to the appropriate parties how you want things handled, and compromising appropriately where needed. 

It is a compromise between you all.If in your shoes I would set it up in a way that becoming big and successful won't be an disadvantage wrt the deal you are making.

If the cabinets are not yet installed (or even if they are), you will get a nicer end result if you lay the flooring first, then set the cabinets in-place.The drawback is when you need to change the flooring, you will either need to lift the cabinets or cut/scribe the flooring where it goes under the kicker.A compromise that we have done in a couple of places to avoid placing quarter-round along the cabinets is to lay the flooring up to the cabinet base and then put the kicker on the cabinets.