- What are the downsides for the landlord, compared to a traditional residential lease to a family for instance?

For instance, I've seen GPs invest $300K - sometimes representing less than 1-2% of the deal.

Fortunately we had the financial position to be able to "leave them at the alter" and go a different direction, however most consumers may not be as fortunate or prepared.Tara, One million percent agree with Pat here, make sure that you and the lender are on the same page on, not only which score they take, but also what percentage of the entity they require to take the 'higher' of the scores.For instance, some groups would take the score of the highest percentage owner, but would still check at >20% ownership.

Shorter term, it will bring in workers to construct and create this new development - Longer term, it will bring in the likes of famous celebrities from around the country (if not world) to live and stay here short to long term. 

For instance, if your rent is $1000/Mo and the annual inflation rate is 5%, the buying power of $1000 will decrease to $950 next year.

Lightstream is the most famous, but the longest term they lend is 7 years.

There may be instances of gain to recognize if it’s deemed a disguised sale, but for simplicity sake, the assumption is this is just a straight transfer)

I know there are specific instances where some leeway is ok, but in hindsight this was not one of them.2.)

For instance, is it common to state to pay a flat fee of only up to $x amount in the event the seller does not cover the cost?

For instance, if you buy a cheap hot tub it will probably pay for itself if you get one or two bookings that you wouldn't have gotten otherwise and it will lead guests to choose your place even if they are not really going to use it