The part of "keeping the business separate" I have found to be sort of bogus. 

In my Metro Area, all those sort of test are taken at maybe three locations.

Hi Brian,What sort of return will the investors get on $100,000?

Nik,Assuming what they manage is large enough, your contract with them should include some sort of End of Year Bonus structure.     

You might consider an assistant to cover specific times, sort of like or job share with a partner getting into the space. 

The gases can leave behind rings a foot or so below the ceiling, sort of like a bathtub ring.

I don't know if an ice-cream franchise is a good fit in Alaska or a Wool sweaters is a fit in Hawaii.5) How does franchise X fit with the rest of your tenants (assuming it's a retail strip of some sort) a pizza franchise in a strip mall that already has a pizza place will compete with each other and will eventually cause one of them to lose their business and you to lose the tenantJust some food for thought. 

I haven't bought or closed any owner financed deals myself so I can't say for absolute fact (my knowledge here comes more from my time on Bigger Pockets than it does from being a Realtor), but I would imagine the vast majority of them have at least 20% down so the seller has some sort of motivation to go through with it rather than waiting for a seller with more funds.  

He was unhappy that I could not provide some sort of miracle for him, and asked for a refund of his VIP Club fee.

She gonna want to live free.You need to charge her rent of some sort, but that doesn't mean it needs to be fair market.