For instance; how many stairs, the length of the stairs, wether he's using rebar to reinforce, is he putting fiber in the concrete, is it colored, is he going to dowell into existing concrete.

This discusses lease lengths.

(offer price sets cap rate at 5.2%)- What's length of current leases?

everyone I ask says I can't buy a home my company owns because I own the company and something about arms length and such?

In an arms length deal, I'm shocked a seller would seller finance with the buyer putting "NO MONEY DOWN" All the late night real estate scams on TV were right, I was wrong.

I was also contemplating just listing them myself and throwing them up on loopnet/costar/MLS etc and just test the marketI've heard 6% commission is paid on total rents for the length of the lease term-- but is that capped and is that total amount paid upfront on lease signing?  

The plumbing if it has sat for any length of time may be an issue as well, rust builds up inside the pipes and usually means replacing with copper, check your service to find out if it's 1 inch or better.

Therefore, they are willing to give you a lower rate on a 3/1 than a 5/1.Ceteris paribus (all other things remaining the same) the same logic and reason can be applied to the amortization length of fixed rate loans (30 year fixed, 20 year fixed, 15 year fixed...etc).  

or the length of the term?

You also want to think about how the term length is going to impact your ability to qualify for financing down the road.