The interaction was intentionally conversational and I gradually all the improvements.  

Their only alternative is to wait for an idiot with cash or to keep the property listed and gradually reduce the price so that it ultimately sells for somewhere close, if not less than, what you are already offering them with the new price reduction.For reasons like this, I buy properties like this with cash and don't involve the banks until the rehab is complete and I can get a new appraisal.

But I think it makes most sense for a young and/or first time home buyer to buy it, live in it, and fix it up gradually with sweat equity.

Also, flipping can be seen more as a full time job, so you might want to figure out how you can turn the fruits of the flip into holds that gradually create free time.A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.

Basically, I want to move gradually on my offers to him, see what he will actually take.

One way to make a gradual equity gain is for you to give your seller Nestor which amortizes at a rate faster (or slower) as benefits you as the Payor.

Start smaller with one or two buildings and get those leased up, and expand gradually. 

Find someone like that in your area and use him on your first few projects, then start gradually taking more and more responsibility yourself.

There are already plans to roll out massive robot workforces over the next 10 years and while that may have some benefits, will have drawbacks too because it will accelerate the "need for UBI (Universal Basic Income)" as jobs will gradually disappear.

I was planning on gradually raising rent 10% yearly to approach market abut if I get those two units inspected for section 8, I could potentially increase their current rent (500-600) by about double to $1100 by giving them a 90 day rent increase notice and getting the property inspected, etc.