FYI, if you're cash strapped - not the worst idea to potentially partner up with someone to soften the blow of the $30-$40k for the garage/rental completion. 

Right, because rather than give the actual correct answer and suffer the blow to your ego that you've been doing something wrong for decades, you'd prefer to take a swipe at my ego.

PIf it didn't smell when the tenant moved in, and if the trap hasn't dried out from non-use (or even if it has), then the tenant probably caused the smell. 

The winds were so strong and fire so hot there were cars turned upside down in driveways, and then melted.The bottom line is that 100 mph winds combined with dry grass and just about any ignition source is unstoppable once it gets going. 

During the dry season we cleared land and plowed rows.  

Trust me; you don't want to miss those crucial dates and risk losing money or even blowing the whole deal.

Kiln dry and plane worth $96,000.  

This will reduce your risk and cash invested and if something goes wrong you wont be bled dry with never ending repairs.

One of the REPS cases (I forget which off hand) they were basically like...petitioner states they spent 8 hours on X date supervising painters at the property and we find it highly unlikely that anyone would sit and watch paint dry for 8 hours. 

This is what blows my mind about the cults of seller finance - they teach you to pay anything for a home because you can put little money into it.