In addition are utilities usually paid by tenants?

The winning bidder offered a lot of non-refundable earnest money.

Pulling out of building additional buildings we had planned.i. 

The last few properties we have put on the market went under contract in under a week with multiple offers but they were priced right, were inline with the area but were done with quality and were in desirable areas.Unless you are dealing in a low-end market, a home warranty should be a standard inclusion especially for first time home buyers. 

Run your analysis, and make offers based on your ROI.

Four, I'd like to know any additional information that will be helpful. 

You may need to have a tough conversation with the contractor about "staying in their lane" and any additions / changes to their scope of work needs to be approved by you in writing. 

HOWEVER, want to avoid/minimize setting up a new company and filing additional LLC and other related documents (want to avoid extra work additional docs would create). 

Then I get a written estimate for a local storage locker with a similar amount of square feet of storage because in my state the tenant must pay the reasonable costs of storage before taking possession of the personal property.It might take longer than 15 days because the notice may be the time they have to respond, but they may have an additional amount of time to pay.  

Thanks in advance :) Also...1031Crowdfunding.com is a good place to find lots of deals to evaluate.Additionally I also know of one broker who offers most of the typically packaged 1031 deals but waives the typical front end commissions.