Its possible but such a pain to paint "around furniture" and what do you do about any potential scuffs as they move out?

The process of fixing and or building new will teach you a lot, but will come with growing pains.

Trust me, save yourself the long term pain of holding onto an expired mentor relationship and take the risk to go out and find a coach that's more in alignment with your highest vision for your business. 

If this doesn’t work my next steps will be pausing for a year so I can save another 100K and then slowly get rolling again next spring, that just so painful and counter intuitive to reaching out goal of 150 doors at this point.

I'm even more interested in the pain points HoA managers experience when trying to conduct operations via the web.

For those familiar with the tax you'll probably understand where my pain is.  

Go for a conventional loan, but then I wouldn't have 25% OOP, try seller financing (although there is an agent involved who has a reputation in the area for kind of being a pain to deal with).  

I feel your pain.

Figure out the pain points in their business and determine how you can add value.

Settling for a tenant may cause you tremendous pain in the future.