Risking your house on these kind of moves can become a literal house of cards as you scale.

. =) It's literally the most transparent and traceable transaction medium mankind has ever seen lolThe transaction can be traced, but not the person.

I have literally shared the communication between myself, seller, and your Realtor/Mom.

It took me 10 years and I had the benefit of starting when RE was cheap.A business has literally the opposite character: it's primary strength is cash flow.

It was tough but worth it in the long run—literally!

If one of the borrowers granted POA, then they won't have any argument- this is literally what the POA is for.

To me that reeks of someone that wants to do STR (which you do), but is trying to hid that fact behind a term that doesn't indicate what's being requested.To me, a "corporate lease" would mean someone wants to lease a unit for their business and put it under a company name, and not someone that's trying to lease to STR visitors.I need to make a cut-and-paste reply to this question like that dude who literally replies with a mile long message to everyone that asks about LLC.   

I would also teach him budgeting and being financially literate.

So there is a 100X weight factor on the licensed professionals for literally everything, everything done and everything not done.

If the wood perimeter is higher than the concrete floor (which I think it is per your explanation) you could always try to sand down the wood that is on the perimeter to try and get it flush with the concrete.