A home with deferred maintenance costs more to bring up to speed.DIY former owners cost you more money.Challenges =Undoing what the DIY previous owner did.Living in this type of flip was hard.

Your creativity can present him with solutions that he wasn't ready to accept until he met YOU. 

Some clubs are more about bringing in a sales person and have a product/service to purchase at the end of the presentation with discounts.

I want my employees to be clean and presentable, but not fancy in a way that would intimidate our customers.

Sure, you are trading active vs capital gains tax rates and if you defer the gains using a 1031 exchange this all makes more sense.

If discounts are provided to golfers, are there additional liabilities which present themselves due to the co-mingling of golf/stay

I understand that when I do 1031 exchange, as long as I dont get any boot, I get to defer my taxes.Like I mention in my reply to Will above, Turbotax somehow ignored my 24k in expenses.

What advice or tips can you give someone like me looking to do a seller finance how do you typically present the offer?

@Shaylan Hurley  The main advantages for the seller are deferring their taxes, and receiving a steady income stream without the hassles of being a landlord. 

What I've found to be the best buy and hold opportunities in this area (New Hanover, Brunswick, surrounding areas) are the "ugly" properties with a lot of deferred maintenance.