it won't help you with this situation, but it may prevent future pain...SOW (Scope of Work) itemizing precisely what work is to be done, the finishes and/or exact material to be used, who has authority to decide on any undeclared materials or finishes (you or contractor).

No pain...no gain.

The implication being they can give notice if they are dissatisfied living there and/or we can give notice if they are a pain in the butt. 

We had spent over half a million dollars trying to find something to help my youngest son with an excruciatiningly painful neurological illness, so we were broke.We went through a lawyer and received 2 loans.

(Associations are a pain to deal with), but didn't make make huge money on any of them being the neighborhoods already were fairly nice when I bought them.I am looking to put down 30-40k in a neighborhood that could possibly gentrify with in the next 5 years.

Are all of your team willing to move to an e-sign platfor... being 1/2 paper and 1/ e-sign is painful...

Any pain points or pre-work worth mentioning to lessen the pain?

(I used to not have a time frame but found I was getting  a lot of recent purchases and no pain yet.

Instead, start small, focus,  save money, research and try not to be a pain in the rear! 

I screen heavily and only place tenants that meet all minimum requirements and don't strike me as someone that will be a total pain in the *** down the road (pain in the *** tenants are not a protected class!).