It might be to expand the museum or to develop the land they own. 

Get a look at their portfolio and see how their work looks.It's worth paying someone to do the job properly.

I've found the biggest factor is proper pricing.

With properly served notice your tenant should be out in 5-6 weeks.

You mentioned giving up control to the lender, could you expand on what your was thought about this?

It really hit on something that I know I need to do but put off and never get done, which is to put proper systems in place.

Its not cheap to have a property demoed in Detroit, Ex.  2100 sf , two story, between two existing homes will cost approx. 13k, without asbestos and lead remediation - it will take 60-90 days to get utilities terminated, and proper permits issued.

As long as you can keep your reserves at the right level, use the money to expand.  

Once you are rolling expand into bigger projects incrementally.

And it's not in the city proper, it's near the Eastern waterfront with access to private airports, marinas, and a golf course.