Tracking down to the individual parts is virtually unheard of in construction precisely because it's so tedious and expensive to do it.Problem 2 - Make people buy things on separate receipts and mark the receipts for each job.Quickbooks premier is about the best off-the-shelf solution you're going to get without spending huge bucks on a custom program.

There are a number of solutions to that problem.  

Now the new mayor is considering legislation to make it difficult to increase the rent more than 5% and also to make it more difficult to evict.Is this the solution to deal with very high rents in Boston?

They are prescription-based and the monthly memberships are very cheap (under $30/month) and for your membership fee they connect you with a law firm in your area and you are able to talk to someone about your particular issue and possibly come up with a workable solution.

Anyway, I get your point about some title/escrow being nutty and not accepting certain closing structures.I get this question from borrowers all the time, it's good to have multiple, solutions!

Ideally, ALL exit strategies should make you money and not end up being an "oh sh... solution".

Of course, if you're talking encroachment issues that might be different, but there are solutions to most title issues and some title companies just don't deal in solutions.It sounds like your biggest frustration is with lazy and uninformed real estate agents, which I completely understand.

My solution was to call a landlord in the area to get those accurate rent rates.For me, starting out, I'm focused on big goals and doing it right.

I want to send them another gift to both of them (My realtor helped me with paperwork on sell by owner deal which she didn't collect any commission on, and my PM has brought me an amazing deal then working on creative rental solution via group home). 

However, what @Tim Ehlers suggests seems a really good solution if you could find someone to do the lease option.