You may consider looking at a reverse 1031 exchange, complicated but maybe easier than financing, buying and reselling to a family member. 

It's organized by @Guy Gimenez

Generally they are rebuilding or renovating to resell.

Xavier Wharton , plenty of non-real estate books on the topic and lots of research from Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, etc.However, the content is geared towards managing larger organizations/corporations and I used to read them when I had oversight of 600 people in corporate America.

Hi All, I am in the process or re-organizing my part-time real estate operation into a full time business.  

I'm using one right now since I live 4 hours away (am managing the properties myself), but they aren't the most reliable or organized. 

You might want to look at the New York Passive House organization.

I have a semi-organized plan, but before I invest a significant amount of time and money I was wondering how many here have actually used either lease options, master lease options or seller financing in the Dodd-Frank era?

But have you a way to manage the organization of tasks and you should have that in place before you get started.  

I joined after my first meeting in September and can't say enough good things about Mark and Camille, who organize it all.Best of luck!