I do very well here investing (small part is STR) but if I didn't live here I would invest elsewhere.

About a year ago I heard rumor of a casino that was to be built in the Victorville or Barstow area.

An eviction hurts both parties and nobody wins anything (except the attorney).

As a broker in the transaction, you’d want the principal party you represent to sign waivers acknowledging their understanding of the significant risks they’re undertaking.  

Smaller systems are hard to find third party financing for.

If the lender doesn't want the deposit(s) shown as a credit to the buyer (after all, these are not funds used to reduce the cash from buyer, they are third-party funds), the new security deposit escrow account can be the line item beneficiary on the seller-side only.Line ~506: Security Deposit(s) to ESCROW (or similar).

Parties dislike bifurcation because it can slow things down at the closing.

The warehouse property was resold to a 4th party shortly thereafter, and we received cash enough to reduce our total remaining cash investment to $450,000.  

For what it's worth, while a joint and several guaranty is most common, I've seen and have been a part of transactions where the parties negotiated limited guaranties for each guarantor (usually based on their % ownership) adding up to the 100%.

Payment should be coming after all the party signed.