This is definitely a good way to gauge interest and pricing structures.3) Reach out to the city and become engaged with them to see if there's any plans to turn the -10% population growth around with new jobs, etc?  

That aside, whenever someone involves their attorney I engage mine, so depending on how comfortable you are with real estate in your area, get your own attorney to look at the docs before signing on the dotted line.

I am a RE broker so I believe there is a value in engaging an agent, but if you decide to go it alone, it may work out.

It sounds like your saying to engage in negotiations with the buyer to lower his price (low enough to where it works for the lender).  

I wouldn’t be shocked if someone else comes in and becomes the dominant player in this niche.Younger people like technology, they want to open an app, select where they are or will be going, and find their lodging that way instead of various searches to find hotels that will have inefficient staff working, which in turn is costing them more money to stay at the hotel. 

I will actively engage in both of these groups in early Sept, after vacations.

It would not hypothetically be me (or anyone else here) that you have to justify your "intent" to as being true, it would be a judge appointed by someone elected by the voters, so there's no point in engaging in a series of "but what about if..." with me (or other posters), since I'm not (and I assume this is true of most others, as well) a judge. :)"If i don't refinance that loan or anything to cause the lender to know the property is a long term rental, would it not matter?"

Overnight rentals obviously existed beforehand, and some of the experienced players have said that the bigger and luxury properties fell the hardest as well as generic properties with no view.

I continue to engage in the same type of business while having created a variety of ways to make that type of operation much more precise.

His dad is the biggest RE player in the county they live in so I assume it was ran by a lawyer, but I haven't asked.