Is this a valid lease, if there is one, under the PTFA?

A contractor will mark something up to cover issues with the install and to cover warranty work.

The cleaner the sale the better with related interests involved.Not a problem as to the new basis, it's just claiming a profit on a sale to yourself issue.Use a general warranty deed to sell to your entity or (which I don't care for) you and your partner jointly.

I think home warranties are better used as a selling feature for flippers.

In this case I would need to divide everything (insurance, warranty, morgage interest, property taxes, HOA) by 0.45 (45% is the percentage the property was ready for rent).

You want warranties and representations in your contract agreement.

Only issue is they do NOT qualify for factory warranty and good luck getting an aftermarket one.I have found that shopping around really hard using sites like everycarlisted.com and searchtempest.com will yield good deals with none of the headache.

The re-sale question is valid - but if you are planning to hold for the long term I think it would probably be okay.

They will have excuses but maybe there is something valid to why they aren't doing better.

Also with all of the foundation repairs I have dealt with, they come with a life time transferrable warranty.