You might could try and get the note discounted where you sell at breakeven for current market value to preserve your down payment or force the original sellers to buy back the property at what you paid for it.I do not know this situation and talking in generalities.

To preserve title, get someone to draft you a deed that conveys the property in a way the title company will support in the future.

While you will get some benefits from the HOA, we view the HOA fees as asset value preservation fees.

I know this allows more time for the problem to worsen in the crawlspace, so I'm not sure this allows us to preserve the property well. 

This also helps preserve your capital. 

It's a preservation of wealth, with upside.

Designer, no, look for a preservation specialist for advice!

This is sad when it means demolishing cool older buildings, but at least there's some historic preservation happening in some areas. 

It’s a special place and definitely tough to balance between housing, accommodations and preserving the community.

This won't make you a millionaire over night like the housing market in the Bay area, but it will ensure capital preservation, growth and not as much exposure to market volatility because commericial property in based on income and not comps.