I explain this right up front when we do showings so I can usually tell by their reaction to this news whether they’ll be on time or not.  

I have never been able to get a low down payment with a bank on a commercial property.The times I have made it work it has always been an older person who owns the property and I ask them how they feel about paying taxes, if they have a huge negative reaction and really really hate paying taxes,then I tell them they don't have to pay taxes now on anything they carry back.Of course I ask them what they are going to do with the money and if they say nothing, they don't have any use for it.Then I start explaining the tax benefits of them not pulling cash out of the sale. 

My first reaction is use your liquid funds a DP on NNN...and be done with it.

Document every action - and any reaction you receive. 

All I read are reactions and emotion in your OP.

Don't have any knee jerk reactions and force yourself into a bad deal, just find the right opportunity. 

I will probably end up paying it, or a portion of it, after speaking with him and his office about the nature of the bill and my reaction to it...and how this might affect our future business transactions.I learned valuable lessons during the closing process of the cheap little house we bought.

The first reaction to an underperforming STR is to sell, instead it should be "what can be changed to turn this property into a top performer".

Here's why @Ryan Moyer have had such a visceral reaction.

I'd like to make this move but worry about the reaction.