Find a home via drive for dollars - Upload the address, pre-determined sequence starts to send.Does that make sense?

They want to be left in peace to run their business and sign a lease with me that includes an option to purchase the property back at a higher, predetermined price.It's a unique situation - the cannabis company and land owners know each other very well, however the relationship is tense due to issues unrelated to business.

Keeping to your pre-determined max amount was smart. 

There may be someone that would partner with you for a pre-determined equity split.NOT LEGAL OR TAX ADVICE:  You will probably want to form an entity to purchase in that spells out the equity / ownership splits and lays out exit strategies. 

✍️For example:The typical project often has the sponsor providing investors with a “preferred return,” often in the 6%-10% range, before the sponsor gets any proceeds outside of returns on his own personal invested capital and a predetermined split, say “70/30”.

Monthly utility and routine maintenance costs can be your responsibility while you live there but I'd suggest having a pre-determined 'move-out' date.

Bottom line isn’t whether you agree or disagree; the articles reasoning, methodology and conclusions are predetermined and biased, so the article is beyond useless.  

In most cases there is a portion of the monthly payments that are applied to the principal/down payment, the rest of which is paid at a pre-determined closing date. 

Bank A will have a spread (basis) of say 150 while Bank B may have 250 - - so the answer is "you can't predetermine what you will find".

@Bob Bowling Bob, he is a turnkey seller who will present move-in ready properties at predetermined prices.