To my surprise, they both unanimously and very certainly said they would buy and hold.

Looks like the advice is unanimous here that in my situation, not buying down the rate is my best option.

I'm curious about why Chase was the unanimous opinion of you all. 

South Carolina, Ohio, Arizona, and Virginia have passed the strictest regulations on it....and in most cases, unanimously.

It's unanimous.

The decision to sell must be unanimous, so even though we hold only a 1/4 interest, we have veto power over a sale, and we want it this way because we think that the attorney will be too willing to sell the apartments cheap, particularly if the attorney has "friends" who want to buy it.

For example, you can have a provision that requires any expenditure above $X,XXX be approved by the unanimous consent of the members (you and the partner), but that anything below that threshold can be done by the manager (you) (e.g., purchase of fixtures for the house, payment of subcontractors, etc.)

After a 5 year campaign — and almost 20 years for the TU — the City Council unanimously voted in the Rental Housing Registration & Inspection Program, a bill that will dramatically shift the power imbalance between landlords and tenants and hold the slumlords in our community accountable

. :)Its certainly unanimous that the tenant is trying to pull a fast one and the answer is a hard no for the costly amenity addition.

He also recommended unanimous consent of meeting minutes at least annually.