I’m all about less is more, it allows me to put more focus on higher priority items. 

I know very little about legal precedent but I'd expect the major meter manufactures (selling into the utility space) to be well incentived to challenge these items best they can, and they have money.Here are the issues, and the reasons that the difference between an air forced system and a boiler/hydronic system are not meaningful for this discussion (ie efficacy issues of sub metering exist for either when method of measurement is measuring heat at point of delivery):In either case, the blower (or pump for a boiler) is the method of 'moving' either air (central air) or water/glycol or equivalent (boiler etc). 

well 70% of 455ks isnt much more than you currently owe at 283k the 70% of 455k is 318.5k and after closing items you might only net 20-30k tops (new loan minus current 283k - closing items = net proceeds in "hand.").So The question you should be thinking about is what are my closing items and is this enough cash to accomplish my mission/goal?

Looking back at 2022, one of our largest line items was marketing expense for our new location.

., landscaping/signage, plumbing, google pin ownership, are there any major capex items, etc4.

You should negotiate with the landlord that you don't mind taking care of small repair items such as tighten screws, drywall and paint repairs.

We've fixed the handful of items they listed.Unfortunately, two or three weeks ago I got an email from a code enforcement about this now year old citation.

Cutting down on gov't spending and the pulling jobs back into the US should help offset some of the tariffs, but it will come down to which items exactly do get tariffs put on them and to what degree the tariffs are (10%/20%/50%).Overall, my guess is that rates will go down for early next year, rise during the middle quarter-third of the year, then fall slowly afterwards.

It would be best if you had a timeframe in place for initial reports of uncleanliness or broken items, maybe three days, but the truth is that all complaints are relevant no matter the time.

Leaving you to move and store their items if required by law, clean and repair, etc etc.