As a bonus they will also help to keep you sane along the way! 

But I want to stay there as much as possible :)I also want to make sure I maintain a good, healthy relationship with my team members and be generous with them, but not where it isn't necessary.

You were more than generous putting them up at the hotel.

No PMI which is a definite bonus.

Make the terms as favorable to yourself as you can, and let the lender come back to you and negotiate.One area I wouldn't be too generous on are the points I'd be willing to pay. 

My original plan was to 1031 exchange into retail/reataurant/strip center type property, but I cant leverage up like I want to with a lender when the new property is 1/2 vacant and the tenants it does have are month to month.My plan is to offer a MLO for X number of years paying the landlord the current rents, plus a bonus to entice them to deal and a purchase price calculated at a 6% cap rate based on what I think are current market rents at $24/sqft/year.

Sounds overly generous! 

Figured that was pretty generous.

As a final note, the best thing you can do is qualify without the rental income, and just use the other unit income to offset your budget as a bonus, this will insulate you from vacancy, minor repairs, evictions, ect.

It's not as generous if getting a mortgage on a property you will live in.In your case, doing the BRRRR thing, you will want to get the process going the day after your new tenant signs a lease and makes a security deposit.