Did you have taxable income that could’ve been reduced utilizing tax strategies?

Your requirements to defer all tax are to purchase at least as much as your net sale. 

Our goal is to establish a structure where the property owner can secure financing based on the long-term lease with the operational company.Any advice or insights from those who have navigated similar situations would be greatly appreciated!

If you control how they perform tasks, set their hours, or provide tools, they should likely be a W-2 employee, requiring you to withhold taxes and comply with payroll regulations.

Worried about tax evasion, money laundering or funding terrorist groups and Cartels.  

If you need financial help, ask under the "Finance, Tax, and Legal" forum.

There's a big swing here in insurance and tax calculations I see and getting those numbers accurate are critical for your ability to not miss on good deals

In addition due to prop 13, the tax base is a fraction of if it sold today.   

Very simply, large corporations pay into the tax base of that local community and that revenue is used to improve the community and make it a more attractive place for people to live.

I think it would be financial suicide to give up a 500k a year job that you know how to do and is secure to launch into thinking your going to replace it with rental income.. unless your sitting on 5 mil plus in  cash with no debt.