They can't live clean, so get rid of them.

If you spend it now, you lose your leverage for the rest of the lease, and you'll have nothing to handle unpaid rent, cleaning, or repairs after termination.You are starting down a dangerous path.

The larger unit will have higher maintenance/cap ex even with coastal environments being harsh on some items.I suspect your expense estimates are far too low especially if you kept the BP calculator default percentages.  

Most experienced people are limited by deal flow, so you offering to bring them deals could be a huge value add to them.And while you are working to meet investors and source deals, I would be doing everything to clean up your credit.  

Besides your rent, your cleaning fee should be the largest expenses for your normal operation.

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For example, I have a property that was announced as a grant funding development for 2025, along with the need to buy neighboring lots to clean up the land. 

My point is cash has no exclusivity on being legally clean and far from it.

The area is loaded with men on 1-2 year contracts who have homes some where else and they just need 1-2 years of safe, clean, comfortable housing and the only other option is seedy hotels.  

The title company will make sure the title is clean.