It's the leasing fee and renewal that seem high in proportion to my rents.Any thoughts?

If the policy limit you have selected does not meet the specified percentage, your claim payment will be reduced in proportion to the deficiency.

I think people are blowing it out of proportion. 2, it will eliminate weak agents from markets (In my Opinion)

That is your grandfather will not have his name on any one loan or have direct recourse to any of the properties; the LLC will, and the profits are split in proportion to his ownership.

If you are financing a commercial property, the Loan To Value that a lender will give you is directly proportional to income.

I would look into these guys https://www.submetersolutions.com/If that doesn't work, just split the usage based off square footage and charge the tenants in proportion to that - not 100%  accurate but good enough.

I get a proportion and he get his.

Then bring in tons of fill dirt and compact it, with inspections along the way.This can cost $5-10k, so I'd just put those same dollars into turning it into an asset.

Our goal in RE is another income stream for our retirement, and to keep the same proportion of our portfolio in RE. 

And a hint on proportion?