This is what the woman's lawyer stated:"To begin, "man" cannot unilaterally modify and/or amend a lease agreement entered into by and between the landlord of the premises, and/or his/her/its agent, and "woman" and "man" as tenants.Anybody know?

I stumbled upon this article, written by a tax attorney, in a respected tax magazine https://www.thetaxadviser.com/...It implies that the 3-yr window on amending your tax returns and claiming a refund starts on the day you actually filed your initial return and NOT on the extended due date.

Between Covid delays for permitting, construction delays to keep bringing the inspector and engineer back in as we found more and more structural issues, then amending the plans and waiting on them to be approved by the city after each amendment, plus a GC I hired that lied about his level of experience and took forever to finish plus ignored every material selection I made and ran with his own finishes that were mostly bargain basement closeout garbage, it took a year and a half to get this from acquisition to stabilized. 

From my experience in NYC, you may need to amend the contract while your deal will progress and the attorney will handle it. 

Also, most good real estate attorneys will amend the contract in attorney review to protect your best interests.

So I am ending the tenancy on the 31st of October can I say they have until 5pm on the 31st or would I be best to say 8am on the 1st of November.

Assuming you were upfront with the seller about wanting to sell the houses, try to write an amendment into your deal to set release prices on each home.

Regarding the LLC, if the LLC is the same tax paying entity as you (or you and your wife), you can purchase in your LLC or amend title down the road without any holding requirements.

After the purchase agreement was already signed, the investor requested an amendment because he needs to get a loan for the down payment.

The standard printed exception as to discrepancies, conflicts, shortages in area orboundary lines, encroachments or protrusions, or overlapping improvements:(i) will not be amended or deleted from the title policy; or(ii) will be amended to read, "shortages in area" at the expense of Buyer Seller.Why would I choose (i)?