They will understand that this is a business not a charity.

Volunteer your services somewhere where you can help others, but don't mix charity and doing good to others, when you are a business, especially and Industry like ours, where time is of the essence.Nancy Neville

Hope is nobel, but it is not an action plan.That said, unless you're running a charity, you should indeed be charging to cover every cost center in your business, including utilities.

You can do a charity deal on some other asset, like his business, equipment or whatever, and disclose the fact.

As many have said to me, we are not running charity although you allow for some wiggle room at times, it can easily get out of hand and I want to spare you the trouble.

Previous owner donated 9 storage unit for free to a national charity organization for their use.

They do not want me to be running the business as a charity so it gives me the impetus to do the correct business decision.Hope that helps

Local charities - foster kids, veterans groups etc. how long ahead might this take to fill?

Hopefully.There are other insurance companies that will insure the slate roof.Then you have the same options you have already identified and theseThe city won't take the property, but there are charities that will.If you are part of COREE, offer the property for sale there.Simply list it.Sell it on owner finance again, but choose a better person.The money lost is lost, so now you just need to maximize what you can do from here that works for you.

forgot to add that they are business like any other, they are for profit and not a charity.