I really just let my relatives dictate the terms, they were reasonable to me, so it worked out well.

Parking limitations are generally one per unit, with setback requirements that dictate where you can or cannot park.  

Also, cap rates are dictated by the market, not your desire

At the end of the day, your local office market should dictate (or at least suggest) whether or not purchasing or leasing is the better choice.  

After a lengthy discussion with my business partner, we've decided to let the market dictate what our exit should be.

This bothers a lot of buyers saying that they shouldn't have to pay anything however I'm sure that they don't work for free or let anyone else dictate how much they're making at their salaried job without knowing it first. 

As long as you have other tenants in the mix, I would ignore those that want to have you follow their process and dictate to you who provides and runs what.  

I plan to acquire a mentor and complete my first deal by March 15, yea it's the Ides of March which only brought bad luck to that Roman dictator but I figure it's lucky for me.With March completing my first deal I plan to slowly wean myself from my regular day to day tasks and to be financially secure to be a full time entrepreneur in this business by December 31.Between March and December 2015 I will complete at least a deal a month wholesaling ( $5000 minimum profit per deal) while I fine tune and learn other aspects of REI.

this should be your starting point on this deal and will dictate anything downstream.... 

While I understand the use of the same paint and color on rentals, I see greater benefit in allowing quality and character of each individual property to dictate color choice.