It's a lot prettier.https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/irs-wins-14-000/...A cryptocurrency exchange called Coinbase that deals with bitcoin and other digital currencies has been ordered by the IRS to start forking over information about some of its customers.According to Business Insider, a U.S. district court ruled that Coinbase needs to supply the personal information of 14,355 of its customers to the IRS as the agency tries to combat tax evasion.The customers affected by the order conducted Coinbase transactions of more than $20,000 between 2013 and 2015, which includes 8.9 million transactions. 

Ironically, platforms designed for real estate (Zillow, Apartments.com, Rentler, etc.) produce very few tenants for me, compared to FB Marketplace (and I also find a lot of their functionality to be user un-friendly, from the landlord side). ...you'd think that platforms custom-made for real estate would make the process a snap for landlords, but it takes me a lot longer to post and manage rental listings on Zillow or Rentler than it did on Craigslist.

If the lender does not permit this, your attorney and CPA will have limited options.

As a non EU citizen, I will need a permit to purchase certain types of properties, except for residential (unit in an apartment). 

Also if someone wants to do something custom/unique, they may not be able to with the passive investment.

Any violations, open permits, etc.?

If they are able to remove the term it will be dependent on the loan underwriting requirements, not because they want to keep you as a banking customer.

To @Mike Dymski point about density bonus for low income they tried that with new builds and that caused a rush of permits to go in before the law was past and very few projects after the law. 

We aren't permitted to charge tenants utilities unless they're separately metered in Delaware

That's great that the bank who currently holds the note wants you on 20 year or 15 year amortization, they view you as a captive customer, they don't have to earn your business any more, as far as they are concerned.