Are they really getting another fridge or is this some sort of hustle? 

What @Michael Nalbach is talking about is a sort of hybrid approach.

What sort of headaches should we expect in this process?

(L.T.V is slightly lower for foreign nationals) Unless the buyer has some sort of foot print already established in the USA.Being non US citizen doesn't preclude anyone from getting capital, although banks may enforce more stringent eligibility requirements.

So use the rates you see published as a guide and then find a bank or mortgage broker to talk to about your individual situation to see what sort of rate you can qualify for. 

After many rounds of lawyer conversations, it all eventually got sorted out.

You also need some business cards that have a couple things for you to write in manually like your phone number but not your cell phone number.Another thing you should consider, depending on your financial worthm, is to form some sort of corporation or a LLC,  Expect that most banks are against doing a loan that not in your name, even a transfer.  

I was woundering if you know any body willing to look at a few pictures of the space and make some quick suggestions as to what they think would work best in the space.

Sorry alot of these other investors don't understand construction side of things cuz they get over their heads isn't fair to the one who's doing the work when they run out of money cuz they haven't dealt with anything of the sort & I'm tired of filing paper work over breech of contract it's old.

@Chris Mason Respectfully, not everything is math...there are all sorts of reasons that someone may be in a position to pay a higher rate, these "challenges" (DTI, Credit Score, BK, F, etc) can be overcome by going to person lender who can overlook these and a deal can be "handcrafted", secured against the collateral vs. fitting into some bank's guidelines.