Oftentimes my initial consultation call with a potential client runs 1 hr and that still doesn't give me enough time to cover everything about the STR market on O'ahu.  1.  

We were not interested in the initial asking price, but countered with a much lower price.

Yes that’s what I was initially thinking… then I started to structure the deal in my head and it looked a lot more like what you described with a partnership.

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If I pay for it initially with my primary residence HELOC , currently at 8%, the interest only payments would be $640, so $1,340 monthly expenses mostly. 

I got a call from the Warren City hall and they reported pipes bursting and the whole driveway is flooded on initial reports.

I stumbled upon this thread and I'll admin I've only just read your initial post.

To fully illustrate this, there was a poster who was looking for 100% financing for construction in Philly but also wanted the lender to advance costs for the initial phases of construction.

Generally there are multiple units for each "zone" if you will when I've seen them installed.Regarding your problem at hand, I personally would simply adjust your plan to move and make your initial plan to get the current issues resolved, while costly now, in the long run holding onto the unit will likely pay off. 

Our initial plan is to house hack a quadplex somewhere in Orange County.