I know there are people hording gold and seeds in their underground bunker but I can't imagine they are smart investorsI respect a guy like dave ramsey who sees the issues, cant stand burocracy but knows life goes on.

I’m at a place where I feel I need to start my future and the gains could be the seeds to my future, I’m mentally exhausted and ready to take action.

You could simply sow the seed by telling him you would be interested in buying the property and leave it at that.I am surprised when I do this at the number of time people will later (sometimes months) come back to me and say, "hey, are you still interested in buying...?"

It is rental ready inside, but the back outside needs to be re-seeded and cleaned up.

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Just planting seeds and developing a track record.

It had clearly just been demolished as the contractors seed was just starting to sprout above the straw.

In the mean time assuming you boosted the value of the place well past your loan you can actually get a HELOC on it and use that as seed money for other investments while you are still living there.