Like @Matthew Paul says, the Contractor should always provide a State-specific Contract - for his own sake if nothing else.

Thanks for the responses. 

@Gabriel OquendoI think both of the prior responses are great advice.

Should my engineer have known to consult DOT during his design and was this an error in his judgment or is this a normal or unforeseen circumstance? 

I enjoyed his books and leaned a lot, but kiyosaki is storyteller.

Some good responses on here! 

The lease states that the tenants are responsible for the full unit rent regardless of the number (in the event one tenants moves out before the lease ending date).  

The owner is aging and consolidating his rentals to a single area.

I tried to reach out on the 16th to see if they were going to have the rent ready on the 18th but never got a response. 

We are in the Seattle market, so reality is that demand so significantly outweighs supply that on new construction you aren't really at risk of not selling, its more for at what price per sq ft it will end up selling for.But one mechanism build in is that there is a $100k buffer where he will hold at least $50k of his build fee until after house is sold.