I am not sure I will go through with it due to it bing a bit complicated and you never know with a buyer not being able to seal the deal a year or two later.

Maybe they learned of this CL technique in an investing program or something. 

This seems a bit risky and too complicated, in my opinion.

I just did my basement and there is one piece is separating on the side of the floor (long side of the floor) Should I use the same technique as if it were the ends of the floor?!? 

I just got one of my clients a $50K concession on a $500K property through some specific negotiation techniques.

It just gets messy, and complicated and opens you up to false allegations of Fair Housing issues.

Unless all utilities are included it gets complicated to divide these equitably.  3.

They seem complicated, lock up your money and have a lot of restrictions. 

It's not going to force anything, but you can let them know "hey I'm sorry you're having a rough time, I'm willing to work with you on this but I need you to work with me as well".Check with your attorney for the deposit, in FL the deposit has to be made out to all occupants on the lease, so that could cause complications.

Unfortunately, this is far more complicated than "you can defer depreciation recapture with a 1031."