Maybe offer him a certain bonus if he can work only on your attic and complete it by a certain date?  

The bonus materials that come with @David Greene 's BRRRR book were very helpful in strategizing an approach to private lenders as well.

The space has attracted a lot of interest, but prospective tenants have been asking me to divide the space (into 4k and 6k foot spaces) and to provide a fairly generous tenant improvement allowance.

Account Closed thanks to accelerated and bonus depreciation via cost seg study the paper losses at acquisition are substantial. 

It is cheap for me and a bonus for them.

Would rather not do a cash for keys or bonus at closing as we have kind of soured on them when it comes to money...but I am open to suggestions and strategies for getting through this as easy and quickly as possible. 

Mortgage: $2,500 Each unit rents for: $1750/mo$800 positive cash flow each month (goal was to break even - this has been a bonus)Potential appraisal value of home now: $480,000 My goal is to refinance and put this rental into an LLC, but because I put so little down I am struggling to make sense of the numbers.

Inspector inconsistencies and lead time for all the paper work is a pain, but less evictions/hassles is a bonus.

I'm assuming this would not report to your credit, so that's a bonus.  

Don’t get me wrong - by cash flow positive, that assumes the same generous financing terms I was able to get with motivated owner financing and assumes me not hiring a property management company or having to pay them a portion of rents.