I'd like to talk to someone about the ins/outs of financing a coworking space in Brooklyn, and how to sweeten the deal for an investor.

Since you have been a good tenant, they know that you will pay on time (you can add a sweetener in the deal by offering them something if you don't).Option 2) Fire damage can be costly to fix.

To sweeten the deal further, the investment was made in a self-directed Individual Retirement Arrangement (IRA) as a member of a Limited Liability Company.

In my case, as my offer was expiring they called me to see if I would sweeten it. 

You can sweeten the deal for him by using the 3 option letter of intent, or another similar strategy.

I guess I would only use that as a possible "deal sweetener" of sorts to make the seller feel more confident about receiving payments, although it seems like an unnecessary expense...unless she brings it up, I may try to avoid it.

That said, the appraisal will "stick" with the property for 6 months or so, meaning that nobody else will get anything other than a$36k appraisal - so the seller has some incentive to renegotiate depending on his urgency to sell.I had a similar thing happen about a  year ago - ask was $175k (or so), offer accepted at $163 WITH APPRAISAL CONTINGENCY), appraisal came in at $145 and I agreed to add another $5k to the deal (the agents also sweetened it up to the seller by cutting their commissions as well).

Obviously, I'd like to pay as little as possible, but it's one of the few on the market that meets our needs perfectly...and if I have to sweeten the deal a little to close, it'd be worth it.

Now the fun begins.The agent calls Tuesday and says the lister has new offers and I need to sweeten the deal or I'll lose it in the 3 day attorney review period.

You could sweeten the deal by paying market rental rate instead of just the regular mortgage rate.3) If you get a 5+ property, can you still live in one of the apartments, raise private money and still make the deal profitable?