There are several approaches to doing lease options, and consequently, many variables... so it would be prudent to do so to 'maximize' the exposure, pre- screen the largest number of applicants, increase the likelihood of 'closure' (selling the property) with the tenant buyer(s) and structuring the deal, to optimize your ROI.

The light sensors of digital cameras are optimized to work best in this light temperature and the white-balancing programming that interprets the raw data and turns it into a jpeg-format shot does the least heavy lifting with this light temperature -- it's a feature of how the tech works.

Of course at age 23 with no wife and no kids, optimism abounds and it worked out. 

Inflation rises each year generally and the menu's pricing usually keeps going up.So for instance if there was 3% bonus to landlord in additional rent above 1,000,000 in annual sales and not adjusted for inflation it should be easier for tenant to hit that number each year as the burger meal goes from 7.00 to 7.25 to 7.50 etc.

Optimally, I'd like to seek owner financing but I don't know how much equity the current owner has.

Does anyone have any tips or tricks as to how to optimize their function to reduce the bill, or even perhaps another suggestion entirely regarding HVAC?

Analyze and optimize your personal finances, and invest in less capital intensive vehicles (index funds, blue chip dividend stocks, bonds) to save up for a bigger down payment.

Sounds like he's interested in optimizing cash flow. 

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One could also be remote, it is just not as optimal normally we can understand.