One of the hardest things in this game is finding a happy medium of trying to help and make the seller feel comfortable but also sticking to your guns on certain things.Absolutely under no circumstance would I write a check to a seller.

BP is a great forum for learning and connecting - we were just talking about this last night at our Women's AZREIA Group.  

Hard money will be at 10-14% maybe higher depending on your specific circumstances.

Your tenants are saying they want out and if all the circumstances are correct and reasonable, I would reasonably try to accommodate. 

Correspondingly, all business income taken from an LLC under similar circumstances is subject to self-employment taxes.

Take the time to act wisely for your own tolerance and circumstances. 

Under what circumstances do you allow tenants to have pets?

It should be easy to come up with a number that will promote the GC to work quickly.Of course with change orders and unforeseen circumstances, problems can arise but this is what most mega-construction companies contracts look like.

Tenants will inevitably move out due to varying circumstances that are often out of your control.

I will definitely contact you in the even I need advice or have ideas, which is often under certain circumstances for me!