Ideally, I would like the old contractor to finish/fix his work that they did but Im not sure if it's worth the hassle given our time constraints.

Essentially would be ideal to pay w2 income tax on the 12 and 10 percent bracket and carry forward to the following year to take the deduction on the higher marginal rate. 

Signalized access, ideally with turn lane and signal, but at least right/left in, right/left out.  

Having a full year’s rent in our hands seems to be ideal.

They make recommendations but none of these turned out to be ideal for our business or for many in our cohort. 3) At the end of the program my husband and I were under contract on two duplex properties out of state using the BRRRR strategy.

Ideally using the BRRRR strategy.

I own the property assigned it to an llc and the halfway house foundation rents the house from my llc and I deal with all maintenance issues.

To balance aggressive growth with risk management, a solid strategy is to start by spreading your capital across a few properties, ideally 2-3, to diversify.

Tried to cancel contracts but they say we have to pay a cancellation fee because our contracts auto renewed (surprise, I never signed anything). 

The underlying fundamentals that drive returns for real estate investors are (low) supply and (high) demand, population growth, high paying jobs (ideally in diverse industries for maximum recession resistance), affordability and desirability.