Sunshine Coast Jams & Jellies has a 2-year agreement to provide condiments to the Fairmount Empress) remain in effect and do not immediately dissolve.Item #6 - it's not the mortgage which has the prepayment penalty but the Note (extended by the lender) which the mortgage (given by the borrower) secures that has the prepayment penalty.  

Given that a 1031 may be possible, it would seem advantageous to buy the real estate and extend a lease to the business.

I travel extensively for work and have been outside the US for extended periods (4-12 months) on multiple occasions.  

If you have been making your payments on time they may be willing, even happy, to extend the terms of the contract.

It doesn't leave much room for unexpected repairs, extended vacancy, etc

There are a lot of buy and hold for extended periods of time.  

There are a lot of buy and hold for extended periods of time.

Hope they left a substantial security deposit or extend escrow while the seller evicts them that way seller is responsible for any damage.

However, the program was extended as part of a continuing resolution and will be up for review December 9th (this has happened several times in the past).

The part of your comments which is the most concerning is the reference to people holding properties for extended periods of time and getting nailed with ordinary income.