I dislike trying to figure out how I'm going to prepare a meal with one dull knife, no cutting board, a mixing bowl and one tiny pan I can put into the oven.

The cameras has armored cable that could not be cut easily especially 30 feet in the air.

My wife and I just purchased our first home with 203k loan the bank gave half to the contractor and gave us the run around we are now about a month and a half in and this contractor did not pull permits as asked and consistanly asking us to make cuts that were not on bid i've had 3 contractors come in and say no more than 2000 has been spent and he has half of the money and says he is all out of money we have bought the appliances even though they were in budget when we talked to bank they say they are not responsible for the contractor money if it is deficient from the amout it takes to finish we asked them this before we closed and why they were giving so much upfront. they said thats how it is. what can i do now because the money we have to fix the house is held at bank and they will not release unless project is at 50 percent and the other bids we are waiting on say he is about 10 to 15 percent and they have to redo his work as well. the bank says just come up with the money what are our legal recoruses to get house finished. the only thing the bank says we can do is arbitration. 

Do not cut any corners to make a deal look better on paper but not in reality.Track all of your income and expenses that you are responsible for and review them regularly (in report form) with people that can help you possibly reduce your expenses and increase your income.  

You can cut any window sizes you want to fit.

You are not cut out for the business if these very minor issues are causing you even the slightest bit of stress.

case in point.. a few years back city of Corvallis required us to do full engineering plans to go along with our prelim plat approval... everywhere else in ORegon you get pre lim plat approval relatively easy then you get a laundry lists of conditions.. sometimes the conditions are such that its not financially feasible to build the subdivision.Well we spent 100k getting all the final engineering done.. went into planning the neighbors were screaming like stuck pigs  ( 40 acres full of mature doug fir timber so it was like their private park.we negotiated to 27 lots  that would have worked... but neighbors wanted 23 .. one in particular did not want a house close to theirs and did not want the trees cut...

He wants me to cut him a check for it.

Do not cut any corners to make a project look better on paper but not for real.Someone like you, needs to find local and experienced Team members that you beleive will help you reach your goals.  

Also they would want their cut of the cash flow that comes from the rents in perpetuity.