Since I have a long-term interest in getting into hotel investing, this feels like a natural stepping stone, but I want to approach it the right way.I feel like this is such a great opportunity, especially with it being off market.

Obviously it's good from a nature preservation point of view but it's a very different from an investment point of view. 

I’m conservative by nature, and would never be comfortable overlooking this restriction.  

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

It’s just the nature of the beast.

It's probably unlikely anything too bad would happen excluding natural catastrophes but why take the risk if the profit potential isn't there?

Again, you market should dictate how you interact with tenants but generally speaking partial rent payments shouldn't be reasonable.

Again, the BiggerPockets store has some books on this topic, or you can learn about it by watching podcasts, reading blogs, and interacting on the forum.

It also provides an opportunity to interact with the buyer.

Any comment made about a positive experience with him has been from an account with little to no information in it, or of some other suspicious nature.