Present it to them as a return on their money deal - “I’ll pay you 8% on your money while I’m borrowing it”  or whatever, and  pay them out of the cash flow on the deal until you can qualify for a refi into your name when you would pay them off.  

Ithaca is like another planet.STRENGTHS-  appreciation is pretty much guaranteed, no matter how crummy your property is-  student housing isn't restricted, they'll live anywhere-  having an ivy league school means there's a lot of money flying around-  rent is high-  tons of development and growth going on-   strong STR performance outside the city properWEAKNESSES-  almost absurdly high prices-  similarly absurdly low cap rates-  pesky annual inspections required on multifamily properties-  most deals happen behind closed doors, and agents tend to be very unhelpful-  5-7% cap rates typical, sometimes lowerSummary: Ithaca is a great market to park your money in and wait.

But if you have done cost segregation studies and have 1245 / ordinary recapture to deal with, all of that income is taxed in the year of the sale, regardless of what you received for proceeds.Not previously as big of an issue, but in this world that we have had the last few years of 100% bonus depreciation, it is rearing its head more and more often.

My worry is insuring them and also dealing the clientele.  

NEVER, if you cannot find a buyer, well it's not a deal.

Maybe more than you want to deal with.

(Finding deals, the lending landscape/rates, etc).

Second, becoming a GC allowed me to quit my day job and go full time building my own projects as I charge my investors to GC the projects, and that allowed me to find more deals and investors much faster as being in/around RE all day every day is very helpful to scale quickly.

Your handiness and experience will get you a long way as it already has, being a partner in 2 deals at this age.

Excited to start once my preparation meets the right deal.