They say "knowledge is power", well I say "wisdom is ultimate power"!

Whether that means John pays or asks for removal is John's business.As far as future conveyances of a property with a lien still attached, as long as the lien survives it retains it's superior power to foreclose.  

Possibly the shell with your electric and plumbing put in.

More info can be found here: https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/den...You'd have to run sewer, power, and water to the property.

You're lucky, you must have power to be on line!

If he were to flake, he's got all the wrath and power of the legal system on his side.

@Ryan Donohue Excel is incredibly powerful!

Once that switch is flipped they don't seem to be able to give up whatever power they thought they had and it can cause a lot of problems with the new management style.

The seller is not willing to turn electric on so we walk the property.  

Within the entity, units or partnership interests are "owned" typically in the same proportion to the profit split or contributed capital.If the syndicator has enough folks to fund the deal with that structure, more power to them, but it's not scalable.