It sold at 1.4%, which I think is standard for this area.

You have to honor current lease.. if they seem ok then keep them.. give proper notice of renewal to your lease when that comes up and any rent increase at that time also.. if you want them to go you give them notice of non-renewal.Download your state landlord tenant laws and get a copy of the lease so you know current terms so you can have that all figured out. 

Advantage of flipping is big profits quickly to increase capital.

This is just a standard assignment of contract deal, of course, so my question is throwing an assignment of contract on the MLS is surely illegal, right?

The only thing that it could do is lower the amount you can borrow for the investment due to increasing your DTI, but 10k isn't that much. 1.9% is pretty low and should be easy to out perform the debt...

A bucket in the yard works but express that they cannot leave a mess in any nice finished lawn or driveway/sidewalk areas.Level 3 is fairly standard, so it might be worth confirming this is what they are quoting.Prime and paint is straight forward.

Let's say you chose to require standard 30 day notice.

I also assumed that smaller tile would increase the labor cost due to the extra time required.

If in about 3-4 months I go to refinance to pull my cash out, will the appraiser be able to justify a higher valuation based solely on the market rent increase?

It talks about where their is demand, where rents are increasing and decreasing.