It may sound nice to pay a 6% management fee but the extra fees can add up to be more than the other company that charges 10% with no additional fees.

This means they are bundled together and turned into bonds, financial instruments that pay out interest (yield) to investors looking for a steady, fixed return.

My lease agreements include how often grass needs cut, tenants paying for their own lightbulbs.

I am able to pay back the hard money loan and pay my contractors. and then rent out the home?

The two sub contractors we are working with said they wouldn’t bother with permits because it will make it very difficult to get finished.We aren’t in a huge rush, but also don’t want to bring the government into this and they shut the entire thing down for one reason or another.

Quote from @Neil Warren: Hard money loans are at higher-interest rates and for shorter terms, meaning you will pay them back quickly, usually in 12 months or less.You should not borrow 100% of the purchase price.

For the amount of amenities and what the fee pays for, do you think that it's too much? 

I'd also talk to the current owner, so if they want, they can let the tenants in that unit know.Hopefully you are getting their deposits transferred to you (it is the tenants' money and you will have to pay it back in full when they go because you don't know the condition of the unit when they moved in). 

So I have an applicant who says she will pay 8 months rent upfront to get the house.

Also if a tenant doesn't pay what happens?