Both the House and Senate tax reform proposals would change the holding period requirement for the Section 121 capital gain exclusion on the sale  of a primary residence from 2 out of the past 5 years to 5 out of the past 8 years. 

For example, suppose I had an appraisal conducted with a proposed floor plan of a building I'm renovating after a fire with no offices built (not a shell but just a finished, open floor plan) and the cap rate in that appraisal was 9.0%.

These are the going rents:4bedroom- $1,1004bedroom $1,1003bedroom $9002bedroom$800Projected Total gross rents $3,900 x 12= $46,800MY PROPOSED DEAL STRUCTURE...I need to deed!  

Alicia, this is not enough information to give you accurate answer, but what you propose might be considered prohibited transaction because of the involvement of "disqualified person". 

These are the going rents:4bedroom- $1,1004bedroom $1,1003bedroom $9002bedroom$800Projected Total gross rents $3,900 x 12= $46,800MY PROPOSED DEAL STRUCTURE...I need to deed!

With the current tax proposals, if you purchased a property with a large loan the interest may not all be deductible however renting is one of the worst things you can do from a tax perspective.Given the information you have posted and past experience I suspect that your best bet would be to structure a 1031 exchange on your property with the greatest appreciation, exchange it for a property that you want to live in, and move in after a period of time. 

Yes, it is the simplest to propose, but the worst in terms of potential problems.

I can find out whats important to them and what they need or want... but with a realtor involved there are a lot of unknowns and lost in communication issues.Ok... so my questions are: How do I propose this to a realtor and have it actually work? 

But, the current tax proposal is changing that to 5 of the last 8, so this may not work.....read the final tax bill.

Any seller financing you propose will give him interest.