It’s not enough difference in money to make or break the deal anyway.

You could start with Commercial Real Estate Investing for Dummies, breaks down all the fundamentals of a deal and will give you insight where you may want to then dive deeper. 

I don't exactly know what a "re-rent" fee is, but it is legal to charge a lease break penalty.

For me all rents, fees collected, and other property-related income goes into the Income account and from there is distributed to:Operating ExpensesTax and InsuranceLoan PaymentsOwner PayThis has worked well for me since I instituted it around 3 units in.You could break the distributions into any number of categories that you'd want, but the "secret sauce" to the system is to literally move the money so that it lives in the relevant account and then spend from there.

Commissions are often 5%-6%, here is how it breaks down. 

I’ve asked him for a break down of the project cost but he cannot provide.

The penalties of breaking it early should be spelled out pretty clearly.

I was thinking about creating a listing on Craigslist for a "Live Rent Free" listing where I could break down the math as to how they could buy the property and rent the other two units and the rents would pay the mortgage.Anyone have any experience selling out of state without a realtor?

Whereas if you can swing a break even/negative cash flow in the short term, the higher end areas can be great wealth builders in the long term.

I'm reading our lease agreement and there isn't a specific area regarding breaking the lease.