Unless, of course, the offer is not legally binding.

What recourse do I legally have?

I'm very new to real estate and am excited to gain as much knowledge to apply it to this business.

I definitely would not use this model for my own personal gain.

I was able to share the knowledge I'd gained from BiggerPockets and he was impressed enough to say, "I have money to invest, but I'm scared about investing and I don't know enough about real estate. 

Good afternoon everyone , I am new to the Bigger pockets Community and I am looking to gain a new insight about investing in general .

Then sell it before you leave and pay no Capitol gain taxes.

Otherwise you wouldn’t be writing about it here).From a legal perspective, are there ramifications from NOT kicking them out?

Aside from the immense guilt, you could face major legal problems.

Also, 10 year old renovations will most likely not achieve market rents, which means that any buyer will need to invest in renovating the units)Is the basement unit a "legal" basement unit?