The tenant has expressed interest in staying in the unit, but for convenience, I would like to keep them on M2M terms but under my lease standards, not the existing landlord's. 

You'll be surprised to see how many are willing to have a conversation with you and teach you a thing or two. 

I am not optimistic about such a play but noticed a few in surprising places.

If you have something that is important to how you run your business then you want to have it in there and not surprise the seller later down the process.

Then this shouldn't be a surprise....if you were using the county site for sf calculations, surely you would have noticed the floor plan discrepancy during rehab, if not before you actually bought it.

But once that lease was up, he asked if he could go another 24 months due to the convenient location and the good neighborhood.  

But I wouldn't be surprised if a big bank just shut you down without really looking into it.

I decided to close in escrow on Friday and just wait on title to finalize but low and behold to my surprise I had title insurance in my email this morning.

We can put you in contact with some rock solid turnkey developers in all of the areas you've mentioned as well as areas you may have not considered.Please feel free to contact me at your convenience and I'd be happy to discuss some of these options with you to clear the air.

You'll be surprised I caught a few imposters at this point, including one guy who gave me an application with one name on it, and brazenly gave me his drivers license with another name.