Definitely open to both options

Location (rapidly changing/close to amenities)This will hopefully make it easier to rent and give you options to rent out short term if desired.

Who knows.Another option would be to buy a small parcel and slowly build a house with/for him and pull owner permits.

Being leveraged for a bit isn't the end of the world - there are usually options available if push comes to shove - 401k loan, personal loan, sell stocks, credit card (then balance transfer continuously until you can pay the balance off) and lastly sell.

You will then have a few options with that rent money....you can put it into principal or you can start saving it to purchase yet another property.

It's a budget friendly option to some of the other services, and they have engineers on staff + audit defense, but the more expensive cost seg companies ($1500-2500) will actually do walkthroughs of your property via Facetime to more granularly estimate components of your structure. 

I did explain to them their options they had (such as sell it on the market, keep it and file BK, get a loan mod, and credit counselors out there who could potentially assist).

Since the space is usually open where the pews were, it gives you a lot of options for games or unique things for the space.

Another option for me is this. 

From the travel nurse looking for a 1/1 to the high bed count pad split-type option where it's about maximizing beds for itinerant guests like airline crews.