Maybe you could come to an agreement with the Seller regarding having first option to buy sub-to, and suggest asking if the Seller would agree with asking someone like Linda Thomas (or other Erin Brockovich type) to poke a stick at the County arguing conflict-of-interest or patently unfair practices or some such?

-Josh Wright

@Vincent Wright-MensahYou are going to need a commercial loan for this one.  

Basically you are able to wright off 100% of the structures  value over a 48 month period.  

@Linda Weygant That's awesome. 

I'm in the Dayton/Fairborn area (near Wright Patterson AFB). 

My Aunt is moving out of the country and selling/gifting me her home in Yorba Linda for $800,000.

@Justin Lenk, as @Linda Weygant, and @Leslie Pappas just said, both an owner carry note and a 1031 exchange are very viable alternatives to defer (and in the case of the 1031 potentially eliminate) the tax on gain.  

Hey Linda,Let me preface this post by saying that I know nothing about the laws or market where you live.I however would never hire a realtor to put in an offer on a property unless another realtor made me i.e. the sellers realtor.  

Jon Wright