There are many articles out there with a list of top cities however, they are all using a minimum qualifier, so it is essentially a list of the best LARGE cities for investing or cash flow.

You can let them out of the agreement but cover yourself from them coming back later with a lawsuit.

Ideally there's a balance between the notion of Right First Time and Minimum Viable Product that should be struck whereby one acquires enough knowledge to act and then uses action to adapt and evolve.

Review your contract and scope of work with your subs.Without seeing your contract, I wouldn't know your agreement; but normally, it's always the plumber job to connect water and sewer within your property.The one thing I don't understand is how can the plumber pass inspection, without the inspector look at the connection between the new sewer lateral to the existing line? 

Unless of course you have some amazing partnership written agreement that had took all little details in consideration and you know for sure that you getting $24,000 returned to you no matter what happens.Her RE license is not at risk because it's a business transaction with you in partnership and business goes bad sometimes. 

We had previously set up a 50/50 Joint Venture agreement on a 4-plex.

For investors in your predicament, I generally recommend that you have a minimum requirement in an ROI for a purchase.

Certain buildings require a minimum of 30 days or a minimum of 180 days as an example.

If you're in CA I'm sure you've heard about the $800 minimum tax an LLC would cost you, but for some people that is absolutely worth it. 

It is absolutely a bedroom so long as the exterior window meets legal egress size minimums for your local area and should be marketed as a bedroom.