Later amendment was signed with remarks as: 'A new survey will be ordered for which seller will be responsible to pay up to $2000.'

The other thing to consider is if it would be easy for the HOA to change the governing documents so that even if you can STR it now, can they ban them with a CC&R amendment?

The guy will not sign a lease amendment stating he is just the tenant.

I do first year as a 1 year lease to help cover a possible short term turn then go month by month, with normally once yearly  lease amendments for fee and rate increases.personally I have moved out of places earlier than planned at end of initial lease period due to landlord planning to charge a much higher rate to go monthly. 

This is called a LOMA (Letter of Map Amendment).

So we amended the contract with the new loan and it was all good.To give an idea of the numbers, the initial ARV was 460k so they could fund 85% of that, 391k.

If they accept, we send lease amendment and as them to sign within 5 days.

(Code 1960, As Amend., § 72.055; Ord. of 8-10-73, § 1; 82-Or-106, § 18, 6-11-82)."

If they were not, it may be an opportunity to amend your tax returns.

If you're selling to other people and generating plenty of income for them, they may waive some fees or amend the policy.