Only down side is that they come unassembled, so you (or a subcontractor) would have to assemble them. 

Is this ever done with the lead investing none of their own money, but getting paid purely for assembling the deal and managing it?

Invest out of state (but only after I was 100% confident in the team I assembled OOS's ability to execute the entire process of locating, evaluating, closing, and managing my investment)With that said, there is a fourth route that you didn't mention which, at least for me personally, is far more preferable than the three options above.

Long story short, they change the controller unit/computer which was not effected by the explosion and they replaced the front panel assembly .

You don't really need to sell hard if you have a quality product or assembly of principals.

@Sam Martin I except the same thing in my market just a few investors good news is he knows many of the investors so buyers list is already assembled!

Some Updates On Texas real Estate From Recon.IKEA assembling first South Texas Store In San AntonioWeitzman will develop Live Oak Town Center, an 830,000-sf retail center anchored by South Texas' first IKEA.The project at the southwest corner of I-35 and Loop 1604 will include the 300,000-sf IKEA and 530,000 sf of other retail space.

I understand your attitude, especially when people learn from gurus and then go hit the streets as if they have an education in RE.Most don't have a clue, they have gone down the wrong road trying to learn RE as some assembly line system and really, they cause problems in the market submitting contracts as if doing so is just some simple formality they need to do to tie up a property.

I also told them to put something in the notes about how narrow the staircase is and that possibly only IKEA furniture would fit upstairs because it could be assembled in place.  

Keep taking action an you will have your team assembled in no time.