The biggest hurdle I have with convincing ppl to househack is they feel like they 'deserve' to live alone, they've put in the time with roommates in college, etc and they wanna feel 'grown-up'.

Sounds like an unreasonable seller and the most likely reason for them not wanting an offer with a financing contingency is the property is in too rough shape to get financing on it (structural damage, fire damage, etc.) or won’t appraise anywhere near asking price.   

Is it too much of a hurdle for the Local, Esq. to review the local law? 

Richard,I would think the hurdle of selling all 9 lots at the same time and getting through due diligence in time to satisfy the 1031 requirements, might be a big goal.

That you JV with Real Estate Investors to remove capital hurdles to make "deals" happen. 

. 🤔 The rooms are lime green and bright purple. for a rent that high its not unreasonable to ask for the rooms to be painted a neutral color. 

I'm wondering which company buys performing loans and what hurdles I might face?

Oh, but we have easy access from Pacific Palisades", and the accompanying statement "yes, now we also have to hurdle over our neighbor's smoldering ruins to get there, but we still get to go to the beach."

Now that I see how things work and have the ability to do it, I want to pass down a legacy and set my kids up a few hurdles ahead like many other communities.

They seem to be running lean enough and it appears they need to get passed one mahor hurdle, paying off the debt, to start paying out again.