Ultimately I spent $250K on College to emerge with a Doctoral Degree in Physical Therapy. 

Aligning payment on milestones rather than dates is commonplace in large construction projects but may require some massaging for smaller projects and with residential contractors.

Yes. attached below is a text massage received from real east agent .I was buy this property as a primary residents so we agreed to Cash for keys agreement with the tenants in which seller and agent wanted me to pay $13,000 up front to the tenants with no guarantee that tenants will move with in 60 days of closing . 

Something in your P&L can surely be massaged.

Renters insurance 8. car lease 9. cellphone bill 10. haircut + mani +pedi+facial+massage 11. car insurance 12. home HS Internet+ phone 12. business cards 13.

Recently I have had two different tenants tell me they are getting Service/Assitance/Therapy animal, and tell me they do not have any restrictions or fees to pay.

I recently graduated physical therapy school and I'm going to be working as a travel therapist.

My wife owns her own massage business so W-2's would be out but she can provided tax returns.

It may be that she is just severely mentally ill and skipping her medication doses and/or therapy sessions.I would just minimize your contact with her and only respond to her for emergency maintenance situations.

Analysis paralysis - don't doubt the numbers, have a strategy if the numbers fit the box pull the trigger - they either do or do not fit your strategy - don't over analyze, if you need to massage something its not your deal it doesn't work -