You may have better luck with an incentive as in they get a bonus of $X/week for finishing early, but then you'd need to closely supervise to ensure that they are not cutting corners to get to the finish line quicker to get the bonus.

Our life style is modest, but we make decent livings (well north of 125k a year before any overtime or bonuses) and our kids college is already paid for.

(Bonus advice...never show your hand.) 

With construction back ground and no financial investment, they help with fixing up properties with a small income and then bonus after property closes.

Will pay 1.00 per sign and a bonus of 250.00 for every deal I close off of those signs.

My goal is to acquire as many 30 year fixed mortgages now as possible on condos and townhouses that have a good cash flow, decent set of tenants for ease of management, and low risk of going down in value (higher appreciation would be a bonus). 

And we use that as leverage along with bonus and delay fees per day etc.

 ;)  But I feel learning about that side of things is a huge bonus to most.

It all depends on your negotiation skills.Shoot for the best terms for yourself.0% down, 7% a year, 20% bonus on refinance or sale Or10% down, 4% a year, 10% bonus on refinance 

You can deduct 50% with bonus depreciation the first year.