Try to put yourself in their shoes...how can you show them that the deal is good and the risk is low? 

We're planning a large apartment on the 3rd floor for us, split the second floor into 2 spaces with at least one being an apartment, retail/studio space on the first floor, and use the basement for parties and storage.

My question to all the pros out there is what would you do if you were in my shoes?

You may have legal justification for removing their property, placing it in storage, and taking possession of the rental.

Lots of other industries now or in the future ( oil and tourism bad now, but nuclear storage, solar/ wind energy, potash, and agriculture are still up and running).

Hi Jacob,It's probably not reasonable wear and tear, but it looks like a typical accident with this type of flooring.In many instances just the problem tiles can be cut out and replacements re-glued down.A good maintenance tech (with the proper type of floor in place already) should be able to fix this quickly.An owner doing it:a) Might not care much and disregard it.b) Freak out and want to charge you for a whole new floor replacement, not understanding tiles (in most instances) can be changed out if broken.c) call a fix up handyman who will charge time and materials (however long he takes to fix it using his own favorite method of fixing).and if it's a property managed either a), or c) but add to c) a (possibly) charge for the mangers time handling it too.The Click Lock type of flooring may take more time and effort (cost) to fix than the Tape or Glue Down.If the place is the Taj Mahal it will probably be more noticeable than if the place is more down on it's heels.And fixing means being able to get a matching piece (typically from extra ordered when it was installed, to use for just this purpose).If you are renting in a big professionally manged complex it's likely they will have spare tiles in storage for this use, and be VERY much used to replacing them.Here is one of the easier (quicker) types to fix.https://www.youtube.com/watch?

I would first see what is your focus Industrial, Multifamily, storage or so forth.

I will give advice, based on my personal experience with fitness and living a busy lifestyle, on what to do if I were in your shoes and what can help.

To answer your question:  Why isn't there more articles on Bigger Pockets about situations similar to yours is this:  It is a complex question that one shoe does not fit every foot. 

I was in your shoes about 3 years ago and realized quickly when you have a good DEAL (Iike 25% below market value) finding money is easy.