First, what does your lease say about pest/rodent control? 

I would like to work out a payment plan whereby they pay me while I have control of the rights to the mortgage then in 10 years I pay off the principal.

Rent control laws in LA are a little scary to me.

If you start a JV in name but do not give your partners proper control and decision-making rights and the deal goes bad you open yourself up to serious consequences which can lead to SEC violations with extremely high fines.Lastly, you can offer the project up to investors who have no voting or control.  

I'll keep you in mind if I device to pull the trigger.

What are some considerations in finding a provider that offers checkbook control?

Focusing on what you can control, like consistent effort, really sets the foundation for success.

That's unusual and it would be very difficult to find a passive investment like that.Also direct control means I know exactly what's going on.

It means instead of having one or a few things that you have NO control of what so ever, you now have several things you have NO control of what so ever.

Seller has 100% responsibility for revenue production, buyer has no controls of revenue production, it impedes the operations, etc etc..