My thoughts from the little I know about the raw numbers however:1) You have no reason to not raise the rent at least a small amount to compensate for the extra cost of ownership the past few years.

It can also be a. sign of economic growth.As long as there's no clear negative factor, it probably won't change much or could even be positive.

6 months ago, I built a crude Google Sheets land search tool with GPT-4 post-processing to transform descriptions into yes/no answers.

If it really is no trouble to just move on and find another place, at least get a signed lease termination along with your funds returned so he can't try to hold you to your lease if his sale falls through. 

All three units will be funded by us - no loans.

Why would they lend it to people who may or may not pay their mortgage.And if you claim the real estate "market" is going to rise then you have a lot to learn as there is no "market".

No new clothes or shoes and learn to cook.

Oh no.... what we will we ever do in CA... 

I've reached out a couple of companies but no one has responded to my messages. 

Hi Yael,If you are willing to pay, no harm in getting it reviewed by a lawyer.