Additionally, anything I've ever had that hits even close to 2% has been pretty hood-ey. 

I am trying to avoid an FHA (203K) because I do not want to get stuck tacking on thousands of additional dollars (that I will be paying PMI on) to pay a professional to paint the inside and outside of the house to meet the "no peeling paint" requirements in order to close on loan.

A single family home 4 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms 2,140 sq ft, unfinished basement, 2 car garage, pole barn with additional 2 car garage & 8 dog kennel, updated appliances, roof in great shape, well septic & 2 acres.

Additionally, his equity split is Investor Equity (80.0%)Sponsor Equity (20.0%), is this also typical? 

Thus, if you ask your employer to withhold additional amounts for the rest of the year, the penalty can be retroactively eliminated.

Get your lawyer to adjust the terms to include additional partners.Never operate any partnership without a legal binding contract.

Actually using regression statistical model (90 day weighted avg) based on home price since 2011 to date analyze sf, lot size, amenities(fire pit, modern bath, outdoor fireplace, pool, hot tub, solar panels) to determine the contribution.

I had an engineer over last week who told me that in order for my retrofit to be code compliant (Chapter A3) we will have to add an additional shear wall under the house, which will be big $$$.I'm currently working through my options, and was hoping to get some insight from the forum on what my best path forward is.1) Do nothing and leave the house as is.

Your funds are deposited into a trust account from which your monthly payment is then made, and the excess funds then remain in the trust account until enough has accrued to make the additional payment which will then be paid to reduce your principle.

I am with @Tim Swierczek here - tenants are not going to pay the same amount of rent for unit that they also have to pay additional utilities.