For example, a borrower on a Freddie deal with light liquidity may pay a few extra basis points in their loan spread to compensate the "elevated risk" to the investor that buys your loan.

Bring them to the unit elevator even though it is longer.B.

Hi Nick-It's not just distance but the grade of the land between the apartment building and the gas station and also its elevation. 

Given the elevated pricing in the market and high interest rates are compressing margins on already tight deals, using cash allows me to at least generate extra margin and simplicity by avoiding all of the additional financing costs.

It appears that I will need to have a single tenant for the entire building,  or at the very least one tenant to lease the 1st and second floors otherwise the compliance issues would be too onerous to be practical... i.e. if separate tenants for each floor, a 3rd floor office tenant would need an elevator installed at a min cost of $80k if it was even possible.A challenge being that he is disabled.

The root problem with this is that you just legally elevated a squatter to a tenant thus giving them more legal tools to fight you

Whether it's doing fundraising for a nonprofit, or simply telling everyone you come into contact with that this is what you're doing (the proverbial "elevator pitch"), or even being involved in the management of deals with an established sponsor (that's the road I'm taking personally), there are many ways to get to that point. 

It elevates the quality of the house instantly when tenants see stainless appliances which gets you tenants faster and promotes higher rents too. 

@Mike E. if I were in your place I would be very proactive in trying to see if you can protest the flood plain certification with maybe an elevation report.

Depending on the firm you may get some free/cheap advise and/or a preliminary elevation.